Texas Project
Development of Pecos assiminea (Assiminea pecos) monitoring methods and effects of habitat restoration on Pecos assiminea at Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge
January 2013 - September 2015
Personnel
- Timothy Grabowski, Principal Investigator
- David Rogowski, Co-Principal Investigator
- Elizabeth Roesler, Student / Post Doc
Participating Agencies
- USGS - SSP
Pecos assiminea Assiminea pecos is a tiny (< 2.1 mm) snail with a distribution limited to Chaves County, New Mexico and Pecos County, Texas. The species has been federally listed as endangered since 2005. Bitter Lakes National Wildlife Refuge is one of the few strongholds of Pecos assiminea, but knowledge of its distribution and habitat use remains incomplete. Furthermore without viable survey techniques, the status of the species and the impacts of habitat restoration activities cannot be determined. The recovery plan for Pecos assiminea calls for developing a technique to monitor its abundance, thus our primary and secondary objectives are to evaluate two surveying techniques, quadrat and wood tile sampling, for determining Pecos assiminea distribution, density, and habitat associations and to evaluate the effect of common reed removal on a suite of endangered species including Pecos assiminea, two springsnails and an amphipod (Pyrgulopsis roswellensis, Juturnia kosteri, Gammarus desparatus, respectively).
| Research Publications | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| Roesler EL, & TB Grabowski. 2018. Estimating factors influencing the detection probability of semi-aquatic freshwater snails using quadrat survey methods. Hydrobiologia 808:153-161. doi: 10.1007/s10750-017-3415-9 | Abstract | February 2018 |
| Presentations | Presentation Date |
|---|---|
| Roesler E.L., T.B. Grabowski, & D. Rogowski, Assessing habitat-use patterns and survey methodologies of the endangered snail, Pecos Assiminea, at Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge. Texas Tech Annual Biological Sciences Symposium. Lubbock, Texas. 29 March 2014. | March 2014 |
| Roesler EL, D Rogowski, & TB Grabowski. Assessing habitat use patterns of the endangered snail, Pecos assiminea Assiminea pecos, at Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge. Joint Meeting of the Texas and Oklahoma Chapters of the American Fisheries Society. Pottsborro, Texas. 13-15 February 2014. | February 2014 |
| Roesler, EL, TB Grabowski, & D Rogowski. Assessing habitat-use patterns and survey methodologies of the endangered snail, Pecos Assiminea, at Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge. 144th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. 17-21 August 2014. | August 2014 |
| Roesler, EL, TB Grabowski, & D Rogowski. Assessing habitat-use patterns and survey methodologies of the endangered snail, Pecos Assiminea, at Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge. 48th Joint Annual Meeting of the AZ/NM Chapter of the American Fisheries Society and the AZ and NM Chapters of The Wildlife Society. Las Cruces, New Mexico. 5-7 February 2015. | February 2015 |