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AQUATIC BEETLES IN THE RAVENNA TRAINING AND LOGISTICS SITE OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO ROGER N. WILLIAMS Department of Entomology Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center The Ohio State University 1680 Madison Avenue Wooster, OH 44691, U.S.A. ERIC G. CHAPMAN Department of Biological Sciences Kent State University 256 Cunningham Hall Kent, OH 44242, U.S.A. AND TIMOTHY A. EBERT AND DIANE M. HARTZLER Department of Entomology Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center The Ohio State University 1680 Madison Avenue Wooster, OH 44691, U.S.A. Abstract Aquatic beetles in the families Dryopidae, Dytiscidae, Elmidae, Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Hydrophilidae, Noteridae, Psephenidae, and Scirtidae were sampled at the Ravenna Training and Logistics (RTLS) site in northeast Ohio from 1999 through 2001. The site is a military base with restricted access, but military activities can cause considerable environmental disturbance. The RTLS has many headwater streams that are part of the Mahoning River basin. It is therefore an important resource in maintaining stream quality in this watershed. This survey is the first comprehensive effort at surveying the aquatic beetles at the RTLS. 124 species were collected including three haliplids, three dytiscids, one gyrinid, and three hydrophilids that were new state records for Ohio. We used these capture data to obtain preliminary estimates of biodiversity in different portions of the RTLS, and estimate how many species we missed in our sampling program. We estimated that about 90% of the total species present at the RTLS were recovered in this survey. The management of the biological resources of our planet is one of the major challenges in the 21st century. Identifying those resources and the influence of our actions on those resources present major challenges in applied ecology. In the United States, military bases provide a unique land-use strategy. Access is limited and the total ‘‘protected’’ area is large, but sites may experience sporadic periods of extreme disturbance due to troop movements, ordinance detonation, or other military activities. This project was the start of a long-term effort describing the biodiversity at the Ravenna Training and Logistics Site (RTLS; a.k.a. the Ravenna Army Ammunition Plant [RVAAP]). While the long-term goal is to address the environmental impact of military activities on RTLS ecosystems, our The Coleopterists Bulletin, 61(1):41–55. 2007. 41

Transcript of AQUATIC BEETLES IN THE RAVENNA TRAINING AND LOGISTICS SITE OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO

AQUATIC BEETLES IN THE RAVENNA TRAINING AND LOGISTICS SITE OF

NORTHEASTERN OHIO

ROGER N. WILLIAMS

Department of EntomologyOhio Agricultural Research and Development Center

The Ohio State University1680 Madison Avenue

Wooster, OH 44691, U.S.A.

ERIC G. CHAPMAN

Department of Biological SciencesKent State University256 Cunningham Hall

Kent, OH 44242, U.S.A.

AND

TIMOTHY A. EBERT AND DIANE M. HARTZLER

Department of EntomologyOhio Agricultural Research and Development Center

The Ohio State University1680 Madison Avenue

Wooster, OH 44691, U.S.A.

Abstract

Aquatic beetles in the families Dryopidae, Dytiscidae, Elmidae, Gyrinidae, Haliplidae,Hydrophilidae, Noteridae, Psephenidae, and Scirtidae were sampled at the RavennaTraining and Logistics (RTLS) site in northeast Ohio from 1999 through 2001. The site isa military base with restricted access, but military activities can cause considerableenvironmental disturbance. The RTLS has many headwater streams that are part of theMahoning River basin. It is therefore an important resource in maintaining stream qualityin this watershed. This survey is the first comprehensive effort at surveying the aquaticbeetles at the RTLS. 124 species were collected including three haliplids, three dytiscids, onegyrinid, and three hydrophilids that were new state records for Ohio. We used these capturedata to obtain preliminary estimates of biodiversity in different portions of the RTLS, andestimate how many species we missed in our sampling program. We estimated that about90% of the total species present at the RTLS were recovered in this survey.

The management of the biological resources of our planet is one of the majorchallenges in the 21st century. Identifying those resources and the influence of ouractions on those resources present major challenges in applied ecology. In theUnited States, military bases provide a unique land-use strategy. Access is limitedand the total ‘‘protected’’ area is large, but sites may experience sporadic periodsof extreme disturbance due to troop movements, ordinance detonation, or othermilitary activities. This project was the start of a long-term effort describing thebiodiversity at the Ravenna Training and Logistics Site (RTLS; a.k.a. theRavenna Army Ammunition Plant [RVAAP]). While the long-term goal is toaddress the environmental impact of military activities on RTLS ecosystems, our

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goals were to evaluate sampling methods, determine the relative importance ofdifferent habitat types as it applies to the aquatic beetles inhabiting the RTLS,and establish a species inventory.

RTLS is located in northeastern Ohio in eastern Portage and western Trumbullcounties (Fig. 1). Ostheimer and Tertuliani (2002) described the RTLS as rangingin elevation from 372 m above sea level in the northwestern corner to 283 m inthe southeastern corner. The land is 87% forested, with the remaining area havinga variety of different habitat types. From 1961 to 1991, the site received anaverage of 137 cm snow per year, and an average of 94 cm precipitation per year(rain + melted snow and ice). The average monthly temperature ranges from24uC in January to 22uC in July. The RTLS is approximately 17.7 km east-westand 5.6 km north-south, encompassing 8,672 ha. All of the streams in the RTLSare in the Mahoning River basin. In the western, southern, and eastern portionsof the RTLS, Hinkley Creek and other small streams flow into the West Branchof the Mahoning River. Sand Creek and the South Fork of Eagle Creek drain thenorth-central portion, become confluent near the northern border of the RTLS,and eventually flow into the Mahoning River.

RTLS was constructed in the early 1940’s to make ordnance for World War II.Before its construction, the land was used for farming. Since its construction, theRTLS has been a secured military compound with restricted access. Consequent-ly, few biological surveys have been conducted on this property. The (U.S. ArmyEnvironmental Hygiene Agency 1992) conducted a macroinvertebrate survey intwo areas of the RTLS where controlled burning and detonation were conducted,and reported four species of aquatic beetles. From 1995 to 1997, Eric Chapman

Fig. 1. Map of RTLS showing facility boundary, major roads, the four named creeks,watershed boundaries, watershed numbers, and collection sites. The map was modifiedfrom Ostheimer and Tertuliani (2002).

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surveyed the aquatic beetles of northeastern Ohio, including the counties in whichthe RTLS is located (Chapman 1998, 2000). In this study, only one specimen fromeach of two species were reported from the RTLS. In 1998, the U.S. GeologicalSurvey conducted an aquatic macroinvertebrate study at 24 sites in the RTLS,reporting 15 species of aquatic beetles (Tertuliani 1999). This report also includedan additional 17 aquatic beetle genera, none of which were identified to species.As part of a larger project, all of the nearby collections (Carnegie Museum ofNatural History, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Kent State University,Ohio University, The Ohio State University, and Youngstown State University)were inventoried by Eric Chapman within the past seven years, yielding noadditional specimens of aquatic beetles collected at the RTLS, including the yearsprior to its construction.

The purposes of this study were to collect and identify aquatic beetles in asmany aquatic habitats as possible in the RTLS, report any new state records, anddevelop a baseline data set upon which to monitor and manage the naturalresources at the RTLS. The beetle families surveyed in this study were theDryopidae, Dytiscidae, Elmidae, Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Hydrophilidae, Noter-idae, Psephenidae, and Scirtidae.

Materials and Methods

An attempt was made to sample all types of aquatic habitats at the arsenal from1999 to 2001. Most of the 84 sites were sampled using a D-frame dip net. Each sitewas sampled for approximately 1.5 h, but no formal attempt was made to samplefor a specified period. In small to medium-sized ponds, sampling was often doneat various points around the entire perimeter. In larger bodies of water, only theshallower areas were sampled, especially where small streams or seeps wereflowing into the waterbody. Riffle areas in streams were kick-sampled, and themargins were dip-netted, especially in areas with vegetation or where roots werehanging into the water. Light trapping, using a 15-watt black-light (BioquipH partno. 2805) with a standard black-light trap (O. B. Enterprises, Inc.), was done atseven aquatic sites, and bottle traps (Hilsenhoff 1987, 1991) were used repeatedlyat five sites. Aquatic beetles were also collected in light traps at 13 non-aquaticsites, and a window trap yielded a few specimens at one site. This project involvedsampling many different sites using a variety of techniques.

Given limited funding and a relatively large geographic area, we had a choice ofsampling many locations irregularly, or a few locations very intensively. Bothapproaches have serious problems when trying to estimate the distribution,abundance, or diversity of organisms. We also decided to use several collectionmethods. While some methods are more effective at capturing aquatic beetles, nosingle method is efficient for all species. By using several methods we improve ourchance of detecting all species present. This approach introduces an error due todifferent capture efficiencies for different species using the different collectionmethods, but without doing behavioral bioassays to estimate collection efficiencywe could not address this issue. We chose to sample many sites using one ofseveral different collection methods, with the understanding that our resultsprovide preliminary estimates, not definitive answers.

The RTLS can be broken down into about 27 different drainages, of whichonly Eagle Cr. and Sand Cr. are confluent within the boundaries of the property.The RTLS is dominated by three drainages, of which Sand Creek comprises 41%of the area. While many samples were taken within the Sand Cr. drainage, thenumber of samples per area within this drainage was low relative to some of the

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other drainages. A total of 93.4% of the area within the RTLS was in watershedsthat were sampled at some time during this project. Percentages were based ona figure in Ostheimer and Tertuliani (2002), that was analyzed by tracing thewatershed boundaries in Photoshop (http://www.adobe.com), and using ImagePro Plus (http://www.mediacy.com) to calculate the area of each watershed.

The effectiveness of a sampling program can be measured by the number ofspecies that were missed. We first looked at the number of species collected ineach year that were not collected in previous years. For each year, this numbershould decline, and at some point each additional year will have a lowerprobability of adding another species to the list. The sum of the expected numberof species from each year is an estimate of the total species at RTLS. A relatedapproach is to look at the probability of capturing another species to add to thelist for each additional sample collected or for each new record collected. Theprogram EstimateS (v 7.5; Colwell 2005) was used to estimate total speciesrichness of aquatic beetles in the RTLS using this type of approach to theproblem. Only the specimens that could be identified as originating from one ofthe 84 sites sampled during the study were used in the calculations. Sixteen of the1,092 records could not be used because their locality information was not specificenough to identify a particular waterbody. Multiple specimens of a single speciesat a given site were pooled and treated as one record. The term record in this studyrefers to the documented collection of a single species from a specific locality.Sites and species were numbered in order to run EstimateS on our data. A total of985 sample-species-abundance triplets was used in the calculations. The programaveraged the results from 1,000 randomizations.

All specimens were stored in 70% ethanol, and many were eventually pinned.Specimens were deposited in the RTLS Collection, or The Ohio State UniversityMuseum of Biological Diversity, Columbus. Eric Chapman identified all thespecies except for the Scirtidae, which were all identified by Dan Young(University of Wisconsin-Madison). All new state records were sent to a specialistfor confirmation (see acknowledgments).

For the classification of the family Hydrophilidae, we follow that of (Lawrenceand Newton 1995). Hansen (1991) raised the subfamilies Hydrochinae, Helo-phorinae, and three terrestrial subfamilies to family status, but (Lawrence andNewton 1995) considered them all to be subfamilies of Hydrophilidae.

Results and Discussion

A total of 4,010 individuals were collected from which 53 genera and 124species were identified. Of these, 10 species were new records for Ohio. Table 1lists the taxa found at the RTLS, along with collection method, number ofspecimens, number of records with that species, habitat, and where in Fig. 1 thespecies was found.

Survey Evaluation. The survey was focused on developing an inventory of theaquatic beetles at the RTLS. While the sampling methodology was not designedto address questions of biodiversity or habitat quality, we can use these data toprovide a preliminary assessment with the understanding that more data will needto be collected to confirm these observations.

Survey effectiveness was evaluated by estimating the number of species thatwere not captured. Table 2 lists the number of species captured in each year thathad not been captured in previous years. Using the total number of individualscaptured in a year as a means of correcting for yearly differences in samplingeffort, we looked at the percentage of species not previously captured to estimate

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be

N131

32

d,m

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32,3

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77,8

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plu

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macu

lico

llis

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isN

86

23

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68,6

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ber

tsN

13

7p

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plu

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ngulu

sL

eCo

nte

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1p

34

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spanth

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9d

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plu

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iopsi

sS

ay

N25

16

d,p

,st,

sw2,4

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dyte

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impunct

atu

s(S

ay)

N52

12

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8,3

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6,7

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dyte

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entu

lus

(LeC

on

te)

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1,4

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6,7

4,7

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dyte

sle

ngi

Ro

ber

tsB

,N

,H

641

36

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25,3

5,3

6,3

8,4

0,4

5,4

6,4

8,

58,5

9,6

2,6

6,6

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todyte

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cus

(LeC

on

te)

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L,

N280

48

d,m

,p,s

t,sw

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1,1

9,2

3,2

4,2

8,3

0,3

2–34,3

6–38,

40–42,4

4–47,5

1,5

2,5

8,5

9,6

2,6

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4,7

5,

77,7

8,8

1,8

2P

elto

dyte

sse

xm

acu

latu

sR

ob

erts

L,

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22

d,p

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sw4,7

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74,7

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elto

dyte

ssh

erm

ani

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ber

tsN

49

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sto

rtulo

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ber

tsN

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p,s

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1

THE COLEOPTERISTS BULLETIN 61(1), 2007 47

Tab

le1

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on

tin

ued

.

Fa

mil

y/S

pec

ies

CM

SR

HS

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nu

mb

er

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phil

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(40

spec

ies,

1,0

24

ind

ivid

uals

)A

naca

ena

lim

bata

(Fab

rici

us)

N56

16

m,p

,st,

sw11,1

3,2

6,2

8,3

2,3

4,4

1,4

4,4

8,6

1,6

3,6

5,7

3,7

4,7

7,7

9A

naca

ena

sutu

rali

s(L

eCo

nte

)N

11

m47

Ber

osu

sfr

ate

rnus

LeC

on

teL

,N

11

4m

,p7,6

3,6

4B

erosu

spanth

erin

us

LeC

on

teL

,N

35

13

m,p

,st,

sw2,6

,7,1

9,2

5,3

1,4

4,4

8,5

8,5

9,7

3B

erosu

sper

egri

nus

(Her

bst

)L

,N

11

6p

2,7

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2,6

4B

erosu

sst

riatu

s(S

ay)

L,

N86

31

m,p

,sw

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9,2

4–26,2

8,3

4,3

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8,5

2,5

8,5

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66,6

9,7

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esta

(LeC

on

te)

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1st

13

Cym

bio

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lain

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met

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bio

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vindic

ata

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N7

5m

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1,4

7,6

1,7

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noch

rus

cinct

us

(Say)

B,

L,

N17

12

m,p

7,2

1,2

6,3

4,3

8,4

8,5

2,5

7,6

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rus

coll

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1m

47

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enL

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27

13

m,p

,sw

7,2

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6,4

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rus

fim

bri

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s(M

elsh

eim

er)

L,

N,

W53

20

d,m

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w,w

5,7

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3,7

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rus

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ilto

ni

(Ho

rn)

L,

N6

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6,6

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noch

rus

horn

iL

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L1

1d

5E

noch

rus

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race

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(Mel

shei

mer

)L

,N

165

32

m,p

,st,

sw3,6

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5,1

9,2

4,2

6,2

8,3

4–36,3

8,4

1,4

2,4

6–48

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9,6

1,6

3–65,6

9,7

0,7

3,7

4,7

7,7

8,8

1E

noch

rus

pygm

aeu

sneb

ulo

sus

(Say)

L,

N6

5m

,p,s

w7,5

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0E

noch

rus

sayi

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nd

erse

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85

p7,3

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acu

lico

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lsan

tN

33

m,p

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on

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on

teN

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1m

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arg

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7m

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scip

es(L

inn

aeu

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ydro

biu

sm

elaen

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mar

N10

3st

11,3

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chara

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sata

(Say)

L,

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w5,7

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t,sw

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aN

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8m

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shei

mer

L,

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6m

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w36,4

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7,7

8

48 THE COLEOPTERISTS BULLETIN 61(1), 2007

Ta

ble

1.

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nti

nu

ed.

Fa

mil

y/S

pec

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HS

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0,6

8,7

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ifer

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on

teN

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pre

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5m

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us

(Say)

L,

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24

d,m

,p,s

t,sw

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1,3

4–36,4

1,4

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46–48,5

8,6

3–66,6

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3,7

4,7

7,7

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haen

onotu

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atu

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ay)

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tern

us

bla

tchle

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rch

ym

on

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8,5

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5,6

7,7

0,7

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tern

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ber

(Her

bst

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ropis

tern

us

late

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sn

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atu

s(S

ay)

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21

m,p

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,w7,1

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te)

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10

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51,5

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8,6

1,6

2,6

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3,7

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ecie

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ind

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uals

)H

ydro

canth

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olo

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ay

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21

m,p

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6,3

7,4

6,4

8,4

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8,5

9,6

5,6

7,6

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0,

73,7

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8,8

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uphis

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spunct

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11

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phen

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ecie

s,6

ind

ivid

uals

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ctopri

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shei

mer

)L

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ecie

s,8

ind

ivid

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yphon

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p7

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neb

ulo

sus

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on

te)

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neo

vari

bil

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lau

snit

zer

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84

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onocy

phon

dis

coid

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phon

lim

batu

sL

eCo

nte

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1m

,p47,6

6

THE COLEOPTERISTS BULLETIN 61(1), 2007 49

how many we might capture if the study would have been continued. Theequation we used was log10(%) 5 1.57 (0.008) 2 0.57 (0.004) 3 year (r2 5 0.99,P . F 5 0.004), with standard error in parentheses. Since the estimated numberof new captures is dependent on the sampling effort, we use the actual number ofcaptures in year 1 (651), and either 1,712 or 1,637 as the number of captures forall other years. If our sampling effort for all other years is similar to that in 2000and 2001, we would expect to find between 127 and 129 total species. Our currenttotal of 124 species is about 96% of these estimated totals. If one estimatesabundance using twice the standard error the maximum number of species is only140. This is close to the 159/164 species reported by Chapman (1998, 2000,respectively) from a broader survey of aquatic Coleoptera in northeast Ohio. Forother approaches to estimating the number of species, we used the programEstimateS. The maximum number of species was 167 using the Second-orderJackknife Richness Estimator (Brunham and Overton 1979; Smith and van Belle1984; Palmer 1991), while the minimum was 132 using the Michaelis-MentenRichness Estimator (Raaijmakers 1987; Colwell et al. 2004). Thus, based on theEstimateS output, we caught between 74 and 94 percent of the species that we cancapture using our collection strategy. The average of all approaches calculated inEstimateS was 145, which is close to the number of species reported by Chapman(1998, 2000).

Another way to estimate sampling effectiveness is to examine the number ofspecies within a family represented by a single capture. The higher thisproportion, the less effective the sampling technique(s). Carlton et al. (2004)

Table 3. Genera, species, and abundance compositions by percent for RTLS’s aquaticbeetle fauna by family. For example, 43.4% of all genera of aquatic beetles found at RTLSwere in the family Dytiscidae. Within each family we show the percentage of species withinthat group that were represented by only one capture (singletons).

Family Genera Species Individuals % Singletons

Dryopidae 1.9 0.8 0.2 0%Dytiscidae 43.4 36.4 27.4 13%Elmidae 9.4 4.5 2.2 33%Gyrinidae 3.8 6.8 4.9 33%Haliplidae 3.8 10.6 36.5 0%Hydrophilidae 28.3 34.1 26.0 18%Noteridae 3.8 1.5 2.5 0%Psephenidae 1.9 1.5 0.1 *Scirtidae 3.8 3.8 0.2 60%

* five of six specimens were identified only to genus.

Table 2. Number of individuals, number of species, and number of genera collected byyear. Unique species were collected only in the year sampled. We also enumerate the numberof species not collected in previous years but which might be collected in subsequent years.Percentages are the number of new records divided by the total number of captures for thatyear. In making this table from Table 1, we ignored individuals identified only to genus.

Year Individuals Species Unique species Not previously collected species

1999 646 65 8 65 (10.1%)2000 1,712 102 20 47 (2.7%)2001 1,652 90 12 12 (0.7%)

50 THE COLEOPTERISTS BULLETIN 61(1), 2007

used this measure in their survey where singletons accounted for 38 to 43% oftheir sample. By this measure, our sampling efforts were sufficient for theDryopidae, Haliplidae, and Noteridae (Table 3), but more work needs to be donein sampling the Elmidae, Gyrinidae, and Scirtidae. The status of the Psephenidaeis unclear since 5 of the 6 specimens collected were only identified to genus.

In future studies that may have more limited resources, it would be useful toknow the distribution of aquatic beetles in the seven different habitat types(Table 4). No species were collected in fields (using black light traps) that werenot recovered elsewhere, and only one unique species was recovered from a ditch.More species were recovered from ponds than other lentic habitats, and thenumber of species unique to ponds was greater than other lentic habitats. Thenumber of unique species recovered from streams was comparable to thatrecovered from ponds. However, many species require specialized habitats, andfailure to sample these habitats will reduce the quality of such studies.

Fig. 2. Species – area plot for RTLS site. Numbers next to points refer to the watershednumber in Fig. 1. The line is the regression line relating species to area (n 5 15, r2 5 0.65,P . F , 0.001).

Table 4. Number of species collected by habitat, and the number of those species uniqueto that habitat.

Habitat Type Number Unique

Ditch 29 1Field 12 0Marsh 56 5Pond 91 18Stream 66 21Swamp 56 7Woods 8 4

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Watershed Quality. There is a well documented relationship between thenumber of species and the area sampled. For aquatic beetles at the RTLS site, theequation is log(number of species) 5 20.47 + 0.83 log(area in ha) (Fig. 2). Basedon this equation, watershed 1 had a very large number of species relative to itsarea. It may be that watershed 1 was less disturbed than other areas that weresampled. In contrast watersheds 8 and 11 appeared to be impoverished. Forwatershed 8, this was likely due to having only one sample and that sample camefrom a UV-light trap in a field. For watershed 11, two samples came from a field,while the third site was a stream that was sampled only once.

The 8,672 ha encompassed by the RTLS is a relatively diverse landscape witha good variety of both lotic and lentic habitats. This is reflected by the diversity ofaquatic beetles collected. Chapman (1998) reported 159 species from 8northeastern Ohio counties (including Portage), an area encompassing 3,972square miles. We found 104 of the 159 species reported by Chapman, anadditional 10 new state records, and five species that Chapman did not find(Heterosternuta ohionis, Matus bicarinatus, Optioservus ovalis, Phaenonotumexstriatum, and Prionocyphon discoideus). Thus, in an area roughly 10% the sizeof (Chapman’s 1998) study area, we found 75% of the number of species reportedby Chapman. In an area of similar size as the RTLS in southeastern Ohio,Chapman (unpublished) recorded 77 species of aquatic beetles from 76 waterbodies (5,967 specimens). Hence, in an area of southeastern Ohio where ,2,000more specimens were collected from a comparable number of water bodies, 47fewer species were collected than in the RTLS.

New State Records

HaliplidaeHaliplus leopardus Roberts, 1913

The geographic range of this species extends along the east coast fromMassachusetts to Georgia to Louisiana, with an extension westwards through theGreat Lakes states to Wisconsin (Hilsenhoff and Brigham 1978). Thirteenspecimens were collected from ponds at seven sites in the RTLS.

Haliplus longulus LeConte, 1850This species is known from the northern U.S. and Canada, extending from New

York to Oregon and northward to the Northwest Territories and Newfoundland.One collection was taken from a pond in the RTLS (2 specimens; site 34). Mosthaliplids reach peak adult abundance in late summer or early fall, however(Hilsenhoff and Brigham 1978) reported that H. longulus was collected most oftenin May and June in Wisconsin, less so after July. The RTLS record was collectedMay 30, 2001.Peltodytes shermani Roberts, 1913

This species’ geographic range is similar to that of H. leopardus, being knownon the East Coast from Massachusetts to Georgia, and west to Alabama. Downieand Arnett (1996) reported that it is ‘‘a coastal species.’’ However, that statementis misleading, as (Matta 1976) reported that it is rare in the southeastern Virginia,being common only in the Appalachian Highlands. Forty-nine specimens werecollected from seven sites in the RTLS.

DytiscidaeNeoporus sulcipennis (Fall 1917)

The geographic range of this species is mostly Appalachian, from NewBrunswick and southeastern Ontario south to Tennessee and Virginia (Larson et

52 THE COLEOPTERISTS BULLETIN 61(1), 2007

al. 2000). This species occurs among root masses of terrestrial plants hanging intothe water along the banks of small to medium-sized streams. It was collected atthree sites (29 specimens; sites 10, 55, & 76) in the RTLS, all small, sandy-bottomed, woodland streams. This species was collected on two different dates in2000 both at the same site (76), which is why Table 1 lists 4 collection records, butonly 3 collection sites.

Neoporus vittatipennis (Gemminger & Harold 1868)This is another species that occurs among root masses of terrestrial plants

hanging into small streams. Wolfe (1984) reported that it commonly occursamong root masses along the margins of sloughs and swamps. Its geographicrange extends from North Carolina to northern Florida to Arkansas to centralIllinois (Larson et al. 2000), being absent (in the literature) from all statessurrounding Ohio. Two specimens were collected from a small woodland streamin the southeastern part of the RTLS.Uvarus falli (Young 1940)

Until recently (Larson et al., 2000), it was difficult to identify species of Uvarusin North America, and the genus is still in need of revision on a worldwide basis.Larson et al. (2000) reported it from Nova Scotia, Ontario, Florida and Texas. Itwas collected from five sites (three ponds and two marshes) in the RTLS (sevenspecimens; sites 26, 42, 63, 64, & 78).

GyrinidaeGyrinus marginellus Fall, 1922

This species is known from New Hampshire to South Carolina with strayrecords in Alabama (Oygur and Wolfe 1991; Ciegler 2003). Hilsenhoff (1990)found it to be common statewide in Wisconsin. In the RTLS, it was collectedamong the roots of grasses in the middle of a small woodland stream (17specimens; site 76).

HydrophilidaeAnacaena suturalis (LeConte 1866)

This species has a southeastern distribution, being known from Maryland toFlorida, and west to Mississippi. It has been reported from lotic (Young 1954;Ciegler 2003) and lentic (Matta 1974; Testa and Lago 1994; Ciegler 2003)habitats. One specimen was collected from a marsh in the RTLS (site 47).

Crenitis digesta (LeConte 1855)This is the first time any species in this genus has been reported from Ohio (,12

North American species). Smetana (1988) reported that it is ‘‘widely distributed ineastern North America,’’ but only reported the Canadian records (Nova Scotia tocentral Alberta). Hilsenhoff (1995) reported it as rare in Wisconsin. It appears tobe absent in the southeastern U.S., as it was not reported in surveys of Virginia(Matta 1974), North Carolina (Brigham 1982), South Carolina (Ciegler 2003),Florida (Epler 1996), and Mississippi (Testa and Lago 1994). Smetana (1988)reported that it occurs in both lentic and lotic habitats. Two female specimenswere collected from Hinkley Creek (site 13) in the RTLS.

Enochrus collinus Brown, 1931This species was synonymized with E. hamiltoni (Horn 1890) by (Gundersen

1977), but (Hilsenhoff 1995) recognized E. collinus as a valid species. Itsgeographic range extends from southern Quebec, south to Vermont, southwest toOhio and northwest to Minnesota and Manitoba. A single specimen was collectedfrom a marsh (site 47) in the RTLS.

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Acknowledgments

We thank David J. Larson (University of Newfoundland, St. Johns, NF) andWilliam L. Hilsenhoff (University of Wisconsin) for confirming our determina-tions of new state records. We also thank Daniel K. Young (University ofWisconsin-Madison) for identification of Scirtidae. At The Ravenna Training andLogistics Site we wish to thank Timothy Morgan, Natural Resources Manager,and Lt. Col. Thomas A. Tadsen, Deputy Training Site Commander, for theirvalued cooperation. Also thanks are due to Captain Thomas Daugherty,Environmental Protection Specialist for the Ohio National Guard, for his keeninterest in preserving the environment, and his interest in beetles, which made thisproject possible. Guards Frank Hertig and Emma Lamp at the gate who kept usinformed of daily activities at the Arsenal, were extremely helpful with theirassistance on directions, and passing along pertinent information to otherresearchers.

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