Tennessee Project
Understanding the responses of freshwater systems to ongoing restoration in West Tennessee rivers
January 2022 - January 2030
Personnel
Participating Agencies
- West Tennessee Basin Authority
We are conducting multiple research projects to support the restoration of West Tennessee streams and rivers impacted by past human activities and modern agriculture. Our studies monitor how freshwater fish populations respond when degraded headwater streams are renewed through restoration. We also examine how recovering certain habitat features via restoration influences the distribution of freshwater mussels in these rehabilitated stream systems. By pairing restoration with scientific monitoring, our work helps revive West Tennessee streams to benefit native fish and mussel communities.
| Presentations | Presentation Date |
|---|---|
| Toala-Hidalgo, E., T. Kumetis, R. T. R. Paine, K. Wheeler, and A. E. Rosenberger. 2024. Comparing aqueous environmental DNA metabarcoding to sediment-bound environmental DNA metabarcoding in sand-dominated freshwater systems. Poster presented at the Southeastern Fishes Council Annual Meeting, Little Rock, Arkansas. | November 2024 |
| Rosenberger, A.E., K.I. Womble, M. Schrum, K. Key, J. Holtsworth, B.Bajo, J.Fetters, K. Sallack. 2024. TN Cooperative Research Unit mussel program update. Tennessee Endangered Mussels Conference; Cumberland Mountain State Park, TN. January, 2024. | January 2024 |
| Kumetis, T., K. Wheeler, R. Paine, and A. Rosenberger. 2024. A quantitative synthesis comparing eDNA metabarcoding and conventional sampling of freshwater fish assemblages. Oral Presentation for the Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Fisheries Council. Little Rock, Arkansas. November, 2024. | November 2024 |
| Kumetis, T., K. Wheeler, R. Paine, K. Key, and A. Rosenberger. 2024. New Vs. Old: Comparing eDNA metabarcoding with conventional electrofishing sampling to monitor fishes in headwaters of Western Tennessee. West Tennessee River Basin Authority Water Resource Symposium. Jackson, Tennessee. February 2024. | February 2024 |
| Kumetis, T., K. Wheeler, R. Paine, K. Key, and A. Rosenberger. 2024. New Vs. Old: Comparing eDNA metabarcoding with conventional electrofishing sampling to monitor fishes in headwaters of Western Tennessee. Poster Presentation for the Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Chattanooga, Tennessee. February 2024. | February 2024 |
| Kumetis, T., K. Wheeler, R. Paine, K. Key, and A. Rosenberger. 2023. New Vs. Old: Comparing eDNA metabarcoding with conventional electrofishing sampling to monitor fishes in headwaters of Western Tennessee. SEAFWA Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia. October 2023. | October 2023 |
| Kumetis, T., K. Wheeler, R. Paine, K. Key, and A. Rosenberger. 2023. New Vs. Old: Comparing eDNA metabarcoding with conventional electrofishing sampling to monitor fishes in headwaters of Western Tennessee. Poster presentation for the Southeastern Fisheries Council Annual Meeting, Chattanooga, Tennessee. November 2023. | November 2023 |