Spatial Conservation Assessment for Native Fishes in the Lahontan and Central Nevada Basins, USA
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. The Approach: Native Fish Conservation Value of Subwatersheds
2.3. Core-Area Zonation
2.4. Planning Units
2.5. Fish Species Data
2.5.1. The 3 Rs for Native Trout
2.5.2. Nevada Division of Natural Heritage Database
2.5.3. Species Distribution Models
2.6. Distribution Discounting
2.7. Aquatic Connectivity
3. Results
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Devils Hole Pupfish | Cyprinodon diabolis | G1S1 | NDNH (0 or 1) | 1, 1 | 1.89 |
Ash Meadows Amargosa Pupfish | Cyprinodon nevadensis mionectes | G2T2S2 | NDNH (0 or 1) | 2, 2 | 1.67 |
Warm Springs Amargosa Pupfish | Cyprinodon nevadensis pectoralis | G2T1S1 | NDNH (0 or 1) | 2, 2 | 2.22 |
Desert Dace | Eremichthys acros | G1S1 | NDNH (0 or 1) | 2, 2 | 2.22 |
Relict Dace | Relictus solitarius | G2G3S2S3 | NDNH (0 or 1) | 2, 2 | 2.56 |
Ash Meadows Speckled Dace | Rhinichthys osculus nevadensis | G5T1S1 | NDNH (0 or 1) | 2, 2 | 2.00 |
Big Smoky Valley Speckled Dace | Rhinichthys osculus lariversi | G5T1S1 | NDNH (0 or 1) | 2, 1 | 1.89 |
Clover Valley Speckled Dace | Rhinichthys osculus oligoporus | G5T1S1 | NDNH (0 or 1) | 2, 1 | 1.89 |
Diamond Valley Speckled Dace | Rhinichthys osculus ssp. | G5THSH | NDNH (0 or 1) | 2, 1 | 2.33 |
Grass Valley Speckled Dace | Rhinichthys osculus reliquus | G5T5SX | NDNH (0 or 1) | 2, 1 | 2.11 |
Independence Valley Speckled Dace | Rhinichthys osculus lethoporus | G5T1S1 | NDNH (0 or 1) | 2, 1 | 1.89 |
Lahontan Basin Speckled Dace | Rhinichthys osculus | G5S5 | SDM (0–1) | 2, 1 | 1.00 |
Monitor Valley Speckled Dace | Rhinichthys osculus spp. | G5T1S1 | NDNH (0 or 1) | 2, 1 | 2.44 |
Oasis Valley Speckled Dace | Rhinichthys osculus spp. | G5T1S1 | NDNH (0 or 1) | 2, 1 | 2.11 |
Lahontan Redside | Richardsonius egregius | G5SNR | SDM (0–1) | 1, 1 | 1.56 |
Big Smoky Valley Tui Chub | Siphateles bicolor ssp. 8 | G4T1S1 | NDNH (0 or 1) | 2, 1 | 2.33 |
Charnock Springs Tui Chub | Siphateles bicolor ssp. 10 | G4T1QS1 | NDNH (0 or 1) | 2, 1 | 2.33 |
Dixie Valley Tui Chub | Siphateles bicolor ssp. 9 | G4T1QS1 | NDNH (0 or 1) | 2, 1 | 2.33 |
Duckwater Creek Tui Chub | Siphateles bicolor ssp. 3 | G4T1S1 | NDNH (0 or 1) | 2, 1 | 2.33 |
Fish Creek Springs Tui Chub | Siphateles bicolor euchila | G4T1QS1 | NDNH (0 or 1) | 2, 1 | 2.33 |
Fish Lake Valley Tui Chub | Siphateles bicolor ssp. 4 | G4T1QS1 | NDNH (0 or 1) | 2, 1 | 2.44 |
High Rock Spring Tui Chub | Siphateles bicolor ssp. 11 | G4TXSX | NDNH (0 or 1) | 2, 1 | 2.22 |
Hot Creek Valley Tui Chub | Siphateles bicolor ssp. 5 | G4T1QS1 | NDNH (0 or 1) | 2, 1 | 2.33 |
Independence Valley Tui Chub | Siphateles bicolor isolata | G4T1QS1 | NDNH (0 or 1) | 2, 1 | 2.33 |
Lahontan Creek Tui Chub | Siphateles bicolor obesa | G4T4S4 | NDNH (0 or 1) | 2, 1 | 1.44 |
Little Fish Lake Valley Tui Chub | Siphateles bicolor ssp. 6 | G4T1S1 | NDNH (0 or 1) | 2, 1 | 2.33 |
Newark Valley Tui Chub | Siphateles bicolor newarkensis | G1T1S1 | NDNH (0 or 1) | 2, 1 | 2.11 |
Railroad Valley Tui Chub | Siphateles bicolor ssp. 7 | G4T1QS1 | NDNH (0 or 1) | 2, 1 | 2.00 |
Railroad Valley Springfish | Crenichthys nevadae | G2S2 | NDNH (0 or 1) | 1, 1 | 1.89 |
Ash Meadows Poolfish | Empetrichthys merriami | GXSX | NDNH (0 or 1) | 1, 1 | 2.11 |
Pahrump Poolfish | Empetrichthys latos latos | G1T1S1 | NDNH (0 or 1) | 1, 1 | 2.11 |
Big Spring Spinedace | Lepidomeda bicolor pratensis | G2T1S1 | NDNH (0 or 1) | 2, 2 | 1.89 |
Paiute Sculpin | Cottus beldingii | G5SNR | SDM (0–1) | 2, 2 | 1.33 |
* Shorthead Sculpin | Cottus confusus | G5S1 | NDNH (0 or 1) | 1.33 * | |
Meadow Valley Wash Desert Sucker | Catostomus clarkii spp. 2 | G3G4T2S2 | NDNH (0 or 1) | 2, 2 | 2.22 |
Mountain Sucker | Catostomus platyrhynchus | G5SNR | SDM (0–1) | 2, 2 | 0.89 |
Tahoe Sucker | Catostomus tahoensis | G5S5 | SDM (0–1) | 2, 2 | 1.89 |
Wall Canyon Sucker | Catostomus sp. | G1S1 | NDNH (0 or 1) | 2, 2 | 2.67 |
Cui-ui | Chasmistes cujus | G1S1 | NDNH (0 or 1) | 2, 2 | 1.56 |
Mountain Whitefish | Prosopium williamsoni | G5S3 | SDM (0–1) | 4, 4 | 1.44 |
Lahontan Cutthroat Trout | Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi | G4T3S3 | Rangewide DB | (2.25) * | |
Western Lahontan UIEU Resident | #/km | 3, 3 | 0.250 | ||
Adfluvial | #/km | 5, 5 | 0.250 | ||
NW Lahontan UIEU Resident | #/km | 3, 3 | 0.250 | ||
Adfluvial | #/km | 5, 5 | 0.250 | ||
Eastern Lahontan UIEU Resident | #/km | 3, 3 | 0.167 | ||
Fluvial | #/km | 4, 4 | 0.167 | ||
Adfluvial | #/km | 5, 5 | 0.167 | ||
Coyote Lakes UIEU Resident | #/km | 3, 3 | 0.500 | ||
Historical Streams | SDM (0–1) | 3, 3 | 0.125 | ||
Lakes | Presence = 1 | 4, 3 | 0.125 |
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Dauwalter, D.C.; Miskow, E.; Crookshanks, C. Spatial Conservation Assessment for Native Fishes in the Lahontan and Central Nevada Basins, USA. Water 2023, 15, 1087. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15061087
Dauwalter DC, Miskow E, Crookshanks C. Spatial Conservation Assessment for Native Fishes in the Lahontan and Central Nevada Basins, USA. Water. 2023; 15(6):1087. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15061087
Chicago/Turabian StyleDauwalter, Daniel C., Eric Miskow, and Chris Crookshanks. 2023. "Spatial Conservation Assessment for Native Fishes in the Lahontan and Central Nevada Basins, USA" Water 15, no. 6: 1087. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15061087
APA StyleDauwalter, D. C., Miskow, E., & Crookshanks, C. (2023). Spatial Conservation Assessment for Native Fishes in the Lahontan and Central Nevada Basins, USA. Water, 15(6), 1087. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15061087