North Cascades Macroinvertebrate Community

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Gary L. Larson and William J. Liss

Publication_Date: Unpublished Material

Title: North Cascades Macroinvertebrate Community

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: spreadsheet

Description:

Abstract:

Data contains aquatic macroinvertebrate communities encountered and substrate associations in lakes of the North Cascades National Park Service Complex, Washington, USA.

Purpose:

Data was collected as part of a mountain lake study to evaluate impacts of stocked trout on native biota.

Supplemental_Information: Science Information System Project # 70-52 Accession # 5001354

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 1989

Ending_Date: 1991

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

North Cascades National Park Service Complex (N. Cascades National Park, Lake Chelan National Recreation Area, Ross Lake National Recreation Area), Washington, USA

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -121.7

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -120.5

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 49

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 48.25

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none

Theme_Keyword: mountain lakes

Theme_Keyword: aquatic macroinvertebrate communities

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none

Place_Keyword: North Cascades National Park

Place_Keyword: Washington

Place_Keyword: Lake Chelan National Recreation Area

Place_Keyword: Ross Lake National Recreation Area

Place_Keyword: Pacific Northwest

Place_Keyword: USA

Taxonomy:

Keywords/Taxon:

Taxonomic_Keyword_Thesaurus: none

Taxonomic_Keywords: macroinvertebrates

Taxonomic_System:

Classification_System/Authority:

Classification_System_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: R.W. Pennak

Publication_Date: 1978

Title: Fresh-water invertebrates of the United States

Edition: 2nd

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: book

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: New York

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons

Other_Citation_Details: 803p

Identification_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: R.W. Merrit and K.W. Cummins

Publication_Date: 1984

Title: An introduction to the aquatic insects of North America

Edition: 2nd

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: book

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Dubuque, Iowa

Publisher: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co.

Other_Citation_Details: 772p

Identification_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: J.V. Ward

Publication_Date: 1992

Title: Aquatic insect ecology: 1. biology and habitat

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: book

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: New York

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons

Other_Citation_Details: 438p

Taxonomic_Procedures:

Organisms were identified to the lowest taxonomic level possible using a stereomicroscope. Fifty-two percent of all taxa were identified to genus and an additional 43% were identified to family. Three groups of taxa (i.e., Hirudinea, Oligochaeta, and Turbellaria) were identified to Class, and nematodes were identified by Phylum.

Taxonomic_Completeness: See taxonomic procedures

General_Taxonomic_Coverage: macroinvertebrate community of Pacific Northwest mountain lakes

Taxonomic_Classification:

Taxon_Rank_Name: Kingdom

Taxon_Rank_Value: Animalia

Taxonomic_Classification:

Taxon_Rank_Name: Phylum

Taxon_Rank_Value: Arthropoda

Access_Constraints:

Data are available after final research results have been published

Use_Constraints: None

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Gary L. Larson

Contact_Organization:

U.S. Geological Survey Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center (FRESC)

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 3200 SW Jefferson Way

City: Corvallis

State_or_Province: OR

Postal_Code: 97331

Country: U.S.A

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (541) 750-7396

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gary_l._larson@usgs.gov

Data_Set_Credit:

Funding and assistance for this project was provided by the National Park Service; personnel of the North Cascades National Park; personnel of the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Oregon State University; personnel of the Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, U.S. Department of Interior, United States Geology Service, Biological Resources Division.

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Gary L. Larson and William J. Liss

Publication_Date: Unpublished Material

Title: North Cascades Water Temperature

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: spreadsheet

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Liss, W.J. G.L. Larson, E. Deimling, L. Ganio, R. Hoffman, M. Kiss, G. Lomnicky, C.D. McIntire, R. Truitt, and T. Tyler

Publication_Date: 1995

Title:

Ecological effects of stocked trout in naturally fishless high mountain lakes, North Cascades National Park Service Complex, WA, USA

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: technical report

Series_Information:

Series_Name: NPSD/PNROSU/NRTR

Issue_Identification: 95-03

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Seattle, Washington

Publisher: National Park Service

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Liss, W.J., G.L. Larson, T.J. Tyler, L. Ganio, R. Hoffman, E. Deimling, G. Lomnicky, C.D. McIntire, and R. Truitt

Publication_Date: 1999

Title:

Ecological effects of stocked trout in naturally fishless high-elevation lakes, North Cascades National Park Service Complex, WA, USA: Phase II

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: technical report

Series_Information:

Series_Name: NPS/CCSOOSU/NRTR

Issue_Identification: 98/01

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Seattle, WA

Publisher: National Park Service

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Hoffman, R.L., W.J. Liss, G.L. Larson, E.K. Deimling, and G.A. Lomnicky

Publication_Date: 1996

Publication_Time: Unknown

Title:

Distribution of near shore macroinvertebrates in lakes of the Northern Cascade Mountains, Washington, USA.

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Journal article

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Archives fur Hydrobiologie

Issue_Identification: 136:363-389

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Gary L. Larson and William J. Liss

Publication_Date: Unpublished Material

Title: North Cascades Fish Population Estimates

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: spreadsheet

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Gary L. Larson and William J. Liss

Publication_Date: Unpublished Material

Title: North Cascades Lake Physical Characteristics

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: spreadsheet

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Gary L. Larson and William J. Liss

Publication_Date: Unpublished Material

Title: North Cascades Water Chemistry

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: spreadsheet

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Gary L. Larson and William J. Liss

Publication_Date: Unpublished Material

Title: North Cascades Salamander Density

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: spreadsheet

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Gary L.Larson and William J. Liss

Publication_Date: Unpublished Material

Title: North Cascades Phytoplankton Community

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: spreadsheet

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Gary L.Larson and William J. Liss

Publication_Date: Unpublished Material

Title: North Cascades Zooplankton Community

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: spreadsheet

Analytical_Tool:

Analytical_Tool_Description:

NCSS version 5.03 is a windows based commercial software package that performs a wide variety of statistical analyses.

Tool_Access_Information:

Tool_Access_Instruction: Software can be purchased through the Tool Contact

Tool_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: NCSS

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: 329 North 1000 East

City: Kaysville

State_or_Province: Utah

Postal_Code: 84037

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (801) 546-0045

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (801) 546-3907

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

training of field technicians and consistency in database managers.

Logical_Consistency_Report: No test for logical consistency was performed.

Completeness_Report: See methods section

Lineage:

Methodology:

Methodology_Type: Field

Methodology_Description:

Macroinvertebrates were collected from the near shore microhabitats in each lake, and each sample was referenced according to the microhabitat from which it was collected. Qualitative samples were taken utilizing a sweepnet or by removing individuals from the water column and substrates with a handnet and forceps. Triplicate core samples were taken from benthic microhabitats using a 17 cm diameter metal sampling tube. After pressing the tube into the substrate, material was extracted to an approximate depth of 5 cm and placed into a 250 micrometer sieve (U.S.A. Standard Tyler no. 60). Material in the sieve was rinsed with water removed from the tube, placed into a plastic container and handpicked for organisms. All organisms were preserved in 70% ethanol. Microhabitats were categorized according to their habitat relationship: pleustron (water surface), plankton and nekton (water column), and benthos (bottom substrate). Benthic organisms were subdivided into substrate preference groups modified from Ward (1992); organisms were placed into substrate preference groups based on life history information for each taxon.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Environmental variables were processed using NCSS software to perform Discriminate Analysis to determine the significance of microhabit and substrate to macroinvertebrate communities.

Process_Date: 1993

Cloud_Cover: 0

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Indirect_Spatial_Reference:

North Cascades National Park Service Complex (N. Cascades National Park, Lake Chelan National Recreation Area, Ross Lake National Recreation Area), Washington, USA

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: ncascademacroinvertebrate.xls

Entity_Type_Definition:

Microsoft Excel spreadsheet containing habitat characteristics, numbers of taxa,

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Adjusted Taxa

Attribute_Definition:

Number of taxa identified in study lake adjusted by number of visits (averge number per visit)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 3

Range_Domain_Maximum: 23

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Elevation

Attribute_Definition: Elevation of study lake

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 400

Range_Domain_Maximum: 2000

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Lake

Attribute_Definition: Lake identifier

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: List of unique codes identifying study lakes

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Max Temperature

Attribute_Definition: Maximum lake temperature

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 2

Range_Domain_Maximum: 26

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: degrees Celsius

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Maximum Depth

Attribute_Definition: Maximum depth of study lake

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1

Range_Domain_Maximum: 50

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Mean Temperature

Attribute_Definition: Mean temperature of study lake

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 2

Range_Domain_Maximum: 20

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: degrees celsius

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Microhabitats

Attribute_Definition:

Proportion of microhabitats in which each substrate were present (Silt, Sand, Gravel, Cobble, Boulder, Bedrock, Emergent/Submergent Vegetation, Coarse Wood, Fine Wood, Organic Detritus, Moss)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Number of Taxa

Attribute_Definition: Number of taxa indentified in study lake

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 3

Range_Domain_Maximum: 31

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Substrate groups

Attribute_Definition:

Proportion of Taxa per substrate group ( Generalists, Pelophilous, Psuedophilous, Lithophilous, Xylophilous, Phytophilous, Multiple Inorganic, Multiple Organic, Pleustron, Nekton, Plankton)

Attribute_Definition_Source: Ward (1992)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Surface Area

Attribute_Definition: Digitized surface area of study lake

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.1

Range_Domain_Maximum: 60

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: hectares

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Var1

Attribute_Definition: First canonical variate from published Discriminate Analysis

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: -10

Range_Domain_Maximum: 10

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Var2

Attribute_Definition: Second canonical variate from published Discriminate Analysis

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: -10

Range_Domain_Maximum: 10

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Var3

Attribute_Definition: Third canonical variate from published Discriminate Analysis

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: -10

Range_Domain_Maximum: 10

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20001119

Metadata_Review_Date:

Metadata_Future_Review_Date:

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Metadata Coordinator

Contact_Organization:

U.S. Geological Survey Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 3200 SW Jefferson Way

City: Corvallis

State_or_Province: OR

Postal_Code: 97331

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 541-750-7343

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 541-758-7761

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: george_lienkaemper@usgs.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name:

FGDC Biological Data Profile of the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time