Great Smoky Mountains National Park Threatened and Endangered Fishes
Abramson SC. 2018. Great Smoky Mountains National Park Threatened and Endangered Fishes
These data represent visual surveys of Federally Threatened and Endangered fish species in Abrams Creek, TN, Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GRSM). These surveys are performed by employees (both seasonal and permanent), interns, and a cooperating partner, Conservation Fisheries Inc., which is based in Knoxville, TN. These data are numerical counts made visually by observers while performing snorkeling surveys within three-zones of Abrams Creek where the Smoky Madtom, Yellowfin Madtom, and Citico Darter are found. For surveying T&E fish, visual counts via snorkeling surveys are more effective than backpack electrofishing. Annual survey data are recorded in the GRSM Threatened and Endangered Fish Survey database. It should be noted that in 2018, the region in and around GRSM had very high rainfall that made surveying difficult for several agencies due to high flow rates. The GRSM Fishery Crew wasn’t able to perform all sites located in all three survey zones due to high water flows. Other agencies in the region reported similar setbacks in survey completion.
- Type
- Relational Database
- Authors
- Abramson, Sidney
- Date of Issue
- 2018-11-29
- Units
- GRSM
- Keywords
- APHN, Back-End:Access, Branch:Fisheries, Citico Darter, Endangered fish, endangered fishes, Etheostoma sitikuense, Fish, Front-End:Access, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, GRSM, Images:FALSE, Natural Resource Inventory And Monitoring Program, North Carolina, Noturus baileyi, Noturus flavipinnis, NRDT:TRUE, NRIM, Origin:Internal, SERO, Smoky Madtom, Snorkling protocol, Southeast Region, Status:Active, T & E, Tennessee, Threatened and Endangered, Vital Signs, Yellowfin Madtom
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Freshwater Communities , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Fishes , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | At-risk Biota | T&E Species and Communities