Interagency monitoring action plan (I-MAP) for quagga mussels in Lake Mead, Nevada-Arizona, USA

Authors

Kent Turner, Lake Mead National Recreational AreaFollow
Wai Hing Wong, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Shawn Gerstenberger, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Jennell M. Miller, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2011

Publication Title

Aquatic Invasions

Volume

6

Issue

2

First page number:

195

Last page number:

204

Abstract

Following the discovery of quagga mussels in Lake Mead, Nevada-Arizona, USA, a variety of federal, state and regional agencies set up monitoring programs to evaluate and gain information to help minimize the impacts, or potential impacts, of quagga mussels to their facilities and lake ecology. While the agencies have worked closely and shared monitoring data and findings from the beginning of the infestation, there has been no documented comprehensive monitoring program to describe and record the various quagga mussel-related monitoring needs. Ad hoc interagency quagga mussel meeting representatives established an Interagency Monitoring Action Plan (I-MAP), which outlines agency objectives related to quagga mussel monitoring and provides approaches to realize these objectives. I-MAP team members and their respective agencies provide technical, logistical, and financial support in monitoring quagga mussels and their environmental impacts to Lake Mead. The goal of this effort is to develop a long-term, cost-effective, and consistent monitoring plan for quagga mussels in Lake Mead to inform various agencies and to gain efficiencies from shared operations and information. The plan attempts to build upon current monitoring activities and capabilities, identifies the next steps that can occur within existing capabilities and, finally, outlines gaps and areas of future need.

Keywords

Colorado River System; Dreissena bugensis; Education; Environmental monitoring; Fishing; Infrastructure; Introduced aquatic organisms – Control; North America – Colorado River; Mitigation; Prevention; Program design; Quagga mussel; Sport-fishery

Disciplines

Environmental Health and Protection | Environmental Monitoring | Environmental Sciences | Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology | Water Resource Management

Language

English

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Repository Citation

Turner, K., Wong, W. H., Gerstenberger, S., Miller, J. M. (2011). Interagency monitoring action plan (I-MAP) for quagga mussels in Lake Mead, Nevada-Arizona, USA. Aquatic Invasions, 6(2), 195-204.
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