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Blue Collar Bivalves WorkingMagic for Ecosystemsg y
Danielle KreegerPartnership for the DE Estuary
Academy of Natural SciencesAcademy of Natural SciencesTown Square ‐March 5, 2012
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Oysters
Present Population: ~ 2 billion oysters~ 2 billion oysters
PDE Supports Oyster R t tiRestoration
Challenges:C a e ges• Disease• Industry Tradeoffs• Human Health Mgt• Climate Change
salinitysalinity suitable bottom
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>60 Species of Bivalves in the
Elliptio complanata
Geukensia demissa
Crassostrea virginica
Delaware Estuary Watershed
11 Other Species of11 Other Species of Freshwater Unionid Mussels
Rangia cuneata
Corbicula fluminea
Mya arenaria
g
Mytilus edulis
Ensis directus
DRBCMercenaria mercenaria
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Freshwater Mussells of the Delaware
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Freshwater Mussel
What are they?What are they?
Status and Trends?Status and Trends?
Why are they Important?Why are they Important?
What are we doing?What are we doing?
ls of the Delaware
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Freshwater MusselWhat are they?
typical bivalve physiolo
ls of the Delaware
ogy and morphology
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Freshwater Mussel LarvaFreshwater Mussel Larva… but, Atypical Reproduction
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Larvae areLarvae are brooded in the
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Most mussels depend on particularparticular
fish species
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Status and Trends
Biodiversity
– A Taxa in Decline
P l tiPopulationBiomass
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R
Delaware RivDelaware Riv
Patchy, Impaired Rare
Scientific Name Scientific NameALASMIDONTA HETERODON DWARF WEDGEMUSSELALASMIDONTA UNDULATA TRIANGLE FLOATERALASMIDONTA UNDULATA TRIANGLE FLOATERALASMIDONTA VARICOSA BROOK FLOATERANODONTA IMPLICATA ALEWIFE FLOATERELLIPTIO COMPLANATA EASTERN ELLIPTIOLAMPSILIS CARIOSA YELLOW LAMPMUSSELLAMPSILIS RADIATA EASTERN LAMPMUSSELLASMIGONA SUBVIRIDIS GREEN FLOATERLEPTODEA OCHRACEA TIDEWATER MUCKETLIGUMIA NASUTA EASTERN PONDMUSSELMARGARITIFERA MARGARITIFERA EASTERN PEARLSHELLMARGARITIFERA MARGARITIFERA EASTERN PEARLSHELLPYGANODON CATARACTA EASTERN FLOATERSTROPHITUS UNDULATUS SQUAWFOOT
ver Basinver Basin
Extirpated
DE NJ PAEndangered Endangered Critically ImperiledExtirpated ? Threatened Vulnerable
State Conservation Status
Extirpated ? Threatened Vulnerable Endangered Endangered Imperiled
Extremely Rare no data Extirpated ?common common Secure
Endangered Threatened Vulnerable Endangered Threatened Imperiled
no data Endangered ImperiledEndangered Threatened Extirpated ?Endangered Threatened Critically Imperiled
no data no data Imperiledno data no data Imperiledno data no data Vulnerable
Extremely Rare Species of Concern Apparently Secure
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1919• SinceSince
1996
Kreeger
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•
Kreeger
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CulpritsWaterWaterQuality
Habitat Loss and Degradation
Photo by D. Kreeger
rry
Exotic Species
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Bivalve Projections Bivalve Projections ––Shifting Species Ranges, But NShifting Species Ranges, But N
Patchy, Impaired Rare
Shifting Species Ranges, But NShifting Species Ranges, But N
Scientific Name Scientific NameALASMIDONTA HETERODON DWARF WEDGEMUSSEL
Elliptio complanata Strophitus u
ALASMIDONTA HETERODON DWARF WEDGEMUSSELALASMIDONTA UNDULATA TRIANGLE FLOATERALASMIDONTA VARICOSA BROOK FLOATERANODONTA IMPLICATA ALEWIFE FLOATERELLIPTIO COMPLANATA EASTERN ELLIPTIO
LAMPSILIS CARIOSA YELLOW LAMPMUSSELLAMPSILIS RADIATA EASTERN LAMPMUSSELLASMIGONA SUBVIRIDIS GREEN FLOATERLEPTODEA OCHRACEA TIDEWATER MUCKETLIGUMIA NASUTA EASTERN PONDMUSSEL
LIGUMIA NASUTA EASTERN PONDMUSSELMARGARITIFERA MARGARITIFERA EASTERN PEARLSHELLPYGANODON CATARACTA EASTERN FLOATERSTROPHITUS UNDULATUS SQUAWFOOT
–– FW MusselsFW MusselsNo DispersalNo Dispersal
Extirpated
No DispersalNo Dispersal
DE NJ PAEndangered Endangered Critically Imperiled
State Conservation Status
undulatus Alasmidonta heterodon
Endangered Endangered Critically ImperiledExtirpated ? Threatened Vulnerable Endangered Endangered Imperiled
Extremely Rare no data Extirpated ?common common Secure
Endangered Threatened Vulnerable Endangered Threatened Imperiled
no data Endangered ImperiledEndangered Threatened Extirpated ?Endangered Threatened Critically ImperiledEndangered Threatened Critically Imperiled
no data no data Imperiledno data no data Vulnerable
Extremely Rare Species of Concern Apparently Secure
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Ecological Magic ‐Why1. Structure Habitat ComplexityBind Bottom
p y
Stabilize Shorelines Bottom Turbulence
2 Function2. Function
Suspended Particulates P ti l t N P Particulate N, P Light reaching bottom Sediment Enrichment Sediment Enrichment Dissolved Nutrients
y are they Important?
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Nature’s BNature’s BBivalve ShellfBivalve Shellf“Ecosystem E“Ecosystem EEcosystem EEcosystem E
M l B dM l B d
Oyster ReefsOyster Reefs
Mussel BedsMussel Beds
Oyster ReefsOyster Reefs
BenefitsBenefitsfish are fish are ngineersngineers”ngineersngineers
CTUIR Freshwater Mussel Project
Kreeger
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Biofiltration PotentialBiofiltration PotentialStartStart
No musselsNo mussels 8 adult mussels8 adult mussels
Slide from Dick Neves, VA Tech
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Biofiltration PotentialBiofiltration PotentialLaterLater
No musselsNo mussels 8 adult mussels8 adult mussels
Slide from Dick Neves, VA Tech
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Natural Diets and Particl
P Di
Phytopl
Pennate Diatoms
Detritus Complex
Heterotrop
Detritus Complex
le Type Selection
lankton
Centric Diatoms
phic Protists
Bacteria
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Particle Size Selection: pa
1.50 2-3 µm3-4 µm
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µm
6-10 µm
MayJune
10-15 µm
15-63 µm
cle Sizes
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Map from The Brandywine River Conservancy
Brandywine RiverSt di d 2000 tStudied 2000 - present
Elliptio complanataElliptio complanata
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One Mussel Bed in a O e usse ed a6 mile reach of the Brandywine RiverBrandywine River
Filters >25 metric tons dry suspended solids per year
Estimated Removal = 7.1 %
Data from Kreeger, 2006
Map from The Brandywine River Conservancy
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Water ProcessWater Process
Elliptio complanata
4.3 Billion Elliptio (DK estimate)p2.9 Million Kilos Dry Tissue Weigh
= 9 8 Billion Liters per Hou= 9.8 Billion Liters per Hou
sing Estimatesing Estimate
ht (DK)
rr
Kreeger
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Brandywine River, PADelaware Freshwater Mussels
Elliptio co
Delaware Estuary Marsh mussels
Geukens
Delaware Bay Oysters
Crassostr
Susquehanna
omplanata
sia demissa
rea virginicaKreeger
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Ribbed Mussels in S lt M hSalt Marshes
Tid lTid lTidal cTidal c kkcreekscreeks
Kreeger
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Ribbed Mussels in Salt Marshes
208,000 per hectare on average10 5 Billion Geukensia10.5 Billion GeukensiaClearance Rate = 5.1 L h‐1 g‐1 (DK data)11.7 Million Kilos Dry Tissue Weight (DK)
= 59 0 Billion Liters per Hour= 59.0 Billion Liters per Hour
Geukensia demissa
rr
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Oysters on See
2 0 Billi C t (2.0 Billion Crassostrea (Powell, 2003 data)Mean size = 0.87 g dry tissue weight (DKClearance Rate = 6.5 L h-1 g-1(Newell et a
11 2 Billi Lit H= 11.2 Billion Liters per H
ed Bed Reefs
)K data)al 2005)
HHourKreeger
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Water Processing pPopulation-level Wat
Billions of Liters pWater Processing pSummer ClearancBillions of Liters p
= 80 Billion L/h
Freshwater Mussel
per Unit BiomassPopulation Abundanceter Processingper Hourper Unit Biomassce Rate (L/h/g)
Population AbundanceMillions
per Hour
Biio-filtrrationn
Marsh OysterMussel
Oyster
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Considerations Total filtration capacity for one
is >250X freshwater inflow fromis >250X freshwater inflow fromtributaries (not total volume)
T t l filt ti it f t Total filtration capacity of oysteBay (~70 billion L/hr) is ~8% odays)
Water processing potential is e
Alth h hi t i l b d Although historical abundancefuture carrying capacities are p
e fw mussel species (~10 billion L/hr) m the Delaware River and otherm the Delaware River and other
d ibb d l i D lers and ribbed mussels in Delaware of tidal volume per day (100% in 11.5
estimated with current abundances
b i f ti t des can be informative, current and poorly understood
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What are we doing?What are we doing?gg
ShellplantingShellplanting for Oystersfor OystersProProReiReiShellplantingShellplanting for Oystersfor Oysters ReiRei
WatWat
Fish PFish P
FlowFlow
•Living ShorelinesLiving Shorelines
Fish PFish PRestoResto
opagate opagate and and introduce Musselsintroduce Mussels Monitoring &Monitoring &introduce Musselsintroduce Mussels Monitoring & Monitoring &
ResearchResearch
ter Quality & ter Quality & Riparian Riparian RestorationRestoration
PassagePassage
w Managementw Management
Passage Passage orationoration
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Freshwater Mussel Recovery Program
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Freshwater Mussel
http://www.delawareestuary.org/science
Recovery Program
e_projects_mussel_restoration.asp
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Surveys to FPDE, ANSP, PWD
Fill Data Gaps
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Propagation anopagat o a
USFWS & Ch H t h iUSFWS & Cheyney Hatcheries
d Reintroductiond e t oduct o
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Fish Infestation
Fish from USGS,Fish from USGS, Academy of
Natural Sciences
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Larval Transformation Into JJuveniles
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Propagation anopagat o a
P t dPropagated
d Reintroductiond e t oduct o
d J ild Juveniles
Photos, R. Neves, VA Tech
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Reintroduction oof Tagged Mussels
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Pyganodon cataracta
Elliptio complanataElliptio complanata
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Freshwater MusselGoals Based on Ec
1,6001,8002,000 Not in
1,0001,2001,400,
Millions of Liters
400600800
,Processed
0200400
1 2 4
Ye
l Recovery Programcosystem Services
ncluding progeny
6 8 10 15 30
ears After Planting
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Conceptual pmodel:Th dThree-pronged approach to bivalve restoration to improve water quality
1. Non-tidal2. Intertidal3 S btid l3. Subtidal
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System Linkages ?
Elliptio complanata
Geukensia demissa
Crassostrea virginica
11 Other Species of Freshwater Unionid Mussels
Corbicula fluminea
Rangia cuneata
Mya arenaria
Mytilus edulis
Ensis directus
DRBCMercenaria mercenaria
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DesiredDesiredA diversebivalves ltid l dtidal and providing
d Watershed Condition: Kreegerd Watershed Condition:e and robust assemblage of native living in abundance in all available
tid l l i l i h d
Kreeger
non‐tidal ecological niches and g maximum possible natural benefits.
DRBC
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CONCLUSIONS • Diverse bivalve species should h
eutrophication under the right co
• Current bivalve populations helpwater quality, and they deserve
• Populations of many species arecarrying capacity and could be a
• Protection and restoration of divcan augment restoration and propositive feedbacks via ecosystem
• Chesapeake Bay and Delaware partnering would be fruitful
help reverse onditions
p sustain protection
e below augmented
verse species omote m linkages
Estuary
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BivaBivaNature’sNature s
(aka Natu
Six ReasonsSix Reasons
alvesalvesBenefitsBenefits
ral Capital)
Why We CareWhy We Care
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1 Biodiver1. BiodiverSpecies Loss↓ Intrinsic Losses↓ Intrinsic Losses↓ Niches Filled↓ H H lth↓ Human Health
rsityrsity
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2 Biomass2. Biomass Biomass Loss:↓ E S i↓ EcoServices↓ Fish & Wildlife↓ Human Health
(Populations)(Populations)
CTUIR Freshwater Mussel Project
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3 Bioindica3. BioindicaInternational Mussel Watch
C i St diCaging Studies
Contaminant and Site‐SpecificContaminant and Site Specific Testing, Monitoring
Tributary and Regional Bioassessment
ator Valueator Value
Deployed CagesDeployed Cages
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4 Commerc4. CommercShellfisheriesJewelryPearl Shell Industryy
cial Valuecial Value
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5 Cultural5. CulturalWaterman LifestyleWaterman LifestyleNative American Uses EcotourismEcotourism
-Historical-Historical
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6 Human H6. Human HPathogen RemovalPathogen Removal
- filter and digest habacteria and prbacte a a d p
Model Organisms- for medical scienc
TMDL applicationsTMDL applications- can reassembled
managers addresmanagers addres
HealthHealtharmful rotists ot sts
ces (e.g. cancer research)
bivalve communities helps TMDL’s?s TMDL s?
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Nature’s Benefits (Natural Cap
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pital)
ivelihoods
Lives
Health
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Health