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Invertebrates in Managed Waterfowl Marshes

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Invertebrates in Freshwater Wetlands

Abstract

Invertebrates are an important food for breeding, migrating, and wintering waterfowl. Sparse study has been devoted to understanding the influence of waterfowl and wetland management on production of invertebrates for waterfowl foods; however, manipulation of hydrology and soils may change or enhance production. Fish can compete with waterfowl for invertebrate forage in wetlands and harm aquatic macrophytes; biomanipulation (e.g., stocking piscivores) may improve waterfowl habitat quality. Similarly, some terrestrial vertebrates (e.g., beaver (Castor canadensis)) may positively or negatively impact invertebrate communities in waterfowl habitats. Various challenges exist to wetland management for invertebrates for waterfowl, but the lack of data on factors influencing production may be the most limiting.

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    Adam K. Janke

  3. US Geological Survey, Missouri Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA

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Appendix

Appendix

Aquatic invertebrates collected from waterfowl marshes across North America.

 

Manitoba, Canada

California, USA

California, USA

Prairie Pothole Region, USA and Canada

US Central Prairie

Mississippi Alluvial Valley, USA

Mississippi Alluvial Valley, USA

Rainwater Basin, Nebraska, USA

Lake Manitoba Experimental Cellsa

Suisun Marshb

Sacramento National Wildlife Refugec

Throughoutd

Platte Rivere

Greentree reservoirs and flooded forestsf

Seasonally inundated wetlands with herbaceous vegetationg

Playa wetlandsh,i

NEMATODA

X

   

X

   

CNIDARIA

    

X

   

TURBELLARIA

    

X

   

ROTIFERA

   

X

X

   

MOLLUSCA

        

Gastropoda

        

Hydrobiidae

  

X

X

    

Lymnaeidae

X

  

X

X

  

X

Physidae

X

 

X

X

X

X

X

X

Planorbidae

X

  

X

X

X

X

X

Valvatidae

   

X

    

Bivalvia

        

Sphaeriidae

    

X

X

 

X

ANNELIDA

        

Oligochaeta

X

X

      

Lumbriculidae

   

X

X

 

X

X

Naididae

   

X

  

X

X

Tubificidae

   

X

    

Hirudinea

   

X

    

Erpobdellidae

   

X

X

  

X

Glossiphoniidae

X

  

X

X

  

X

CRUSTACEA

        

Branchiopoda

        

Artemiidae

   

X

   

X

Bosminidae

   

X

    

Branchinectidae

      

X

 

Chirocephalidae

   

X

    

Chydoridae

    

X

   

Daphniidae

  

X

X

X

X

X

X

Lynceidae

   

X

    

Thamnocephalidae

       

X

Branchiura

        

Copepoda

X

X

 

X

  

X

X

Calanoida

  

X

     

Cyclopoida

  

X

     

Ostracoda

X

X

X

X

   

X

Amphipoda

X

      

X

Crangonyctidae

    

X

X

  

Dogielinotidae

X

  

X

X

  

X

Gammaridae

X

  

X

  

X

X

Isopoda

       

X

Asellidae

     

X

X

 

Decapoda

        

Cambaridae

     

X

X

 

Palaemonidae

      

X

 

ARACHNIDA

        

Hydrachnidia

X

   

X

   

Arrenuridae

       

X

Hygrobatidae

     

X

  

MYRIAPODA

        

Chilopoda

      

X

 

INSECTA

        

Ephemeroptera

        

Baetidae

X

 

X

X

X

 

X

 

Caenidae

X

 

X

X

  

X

 

Ephemerellidae

       

X

Leptophlebidae

       

X

Metretopodidae

      

X

 

Siphlonuridae

      

X

X

Odonata

        

Aeshnidae

X

 

X

X

 

X

X

X

Calopterygidae

   

X

    

Coenagrionidae

X

 

X

X

X

 

X

X

Corduliidae

  

X

X

  

X

 

Gomphidae

  

X

X

  

X

 

Lestidae

X

  

X

X

 

X

X

Libellulidae

X

  

X

X

 

X

X

Petaluridae

      

X

 

Plecoptera

        

Chloroperlidae

  

X

     

Hemiptera

        

Belostomatidae

X

 

X

X

X

 

X

X

Corixidae

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Gerridae

  

X

X

 

X

X

X

Hebridae

      

X

 

Hydrometridae

      

X

 

Macroveliidae

  

X

     

Mesoveliidae

   

X

  

X

 

Naucoridae

  

X

     

Nepidae

   

X

 

X

X

X

Notonectidae

X

 

X

X

X

 

X

X

Ochteridae

  

X

     

Saldidae

   

X

  

X

 

Pleidae

   

X

    

Veliidae

   

X

  

X

 

Coleoptera

        

Chrysomelidae

    

X

 

X

 

Curculionidae

  

X

   

X

X

Dytiscidae

X

 

X

X

X

X

X

X

Elmidae

  

X

   

X

X

Gyrinidae

X

  

X

  

X

X

Haliplidae

X

  

X

  

X

X

Hydrophilidae/Helophoridae

X

X

X

X

 

X

X

X

Psephenidae

       

X

Scirtidae

X

       

Staphylinidae

      

X

 

Trichoptera

        

Hydroptilidae

X

  

X

    

Leptoceridae

X

  

X

X

   

Limnephilidae

   

X

X

 

X

 

Molannidae

   

X

    

Psychomyiidae

   

X

    

Phryganeidae

X

  

X

    

Polycentropodidae

X

  

X

    

Rhyacophilidae

      

X

 

Lepidoptera

      

X

 

Pyralidae/Crambidae

      

X

X

Diptera

        

Canacidae

  

X

     

Cecidiomyiidae

       

X

Ceratopogonidae

X

 

X

X

X

 

X

X

Chaoboridae

  

X

X

   

X

Chironomidae

X

X

 

X

 

X

X

X

(Chironominae)

 

X

X

X

X

   

(Tanypodinae)

  

X

X

X

   

(Orthocladiinae)

 

X

X

X

X

   

Culicidae

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Dolichopodidae

  

X

     

Dixidae

  

X

X

  

X

X

Empididae

  

X

     

Ephydridae

X

X

X

 

X

 

X

 

Muscidae

  

X

 

X

   

Psychodidae

       

X

Sciaridae

    

X

   

Sciomyzidae

  

X

 

X

   

Simuliidae

  

X

     

Stratiomyidae

  

X

X

X

X

X

X

Syrphidae

     

X

  

Tabanidae

  

X

 

X

X

X

X

Tipulidae/Limoniidae

X

 

X

X

X

X

X

 

Hymenoptera

        

Pteromalidae

   

X

    

aMurkin and Ross (2000)

bde Szalay and Resh (1997)

cHicks et al. (1997)

dEuliss et al. (1999)

eWhiles (unpublished)

fFoth (2011)

gTapp and Webb (2015)

hRiens et al. (2013)

iT. Schepker and E. Webb (unpublished data)

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Stafford, J.D., Janke, A.K., Webb, E.B., Chipps, S.R. (2016). Invertebrates in Managed Waterfowl Marshes. In: Batzer, D., Boix, D. (eds) Invertebrates in Freshwater Wetlands. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24978-0_16

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