Mud and Musk Turtle Habitats Potentially Impacted.

Abstract

Changing water levels or other operations at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) reservoirs may impact critical habitat parameters for mud and musk turtle species. This technical note identifies mud and musk turtle species and habitats potentially impacted by USACE reservoir or other water-control projects as reported by resource managers. Current state and/or Federal legal protection status is summarized, as is the distribution of USACE Districts and reservoir projects potentially impacted by mud and musk turtle conservation issues. Life-history summaries and habitat requirement descriptions are given for each mud and musk turtle species identified as potentially impacted at reservoir operations. This group includes 10 species with legal protection in at least one state and one Federally threatened species. Three of these species are associated with environmental issues at 23 USACE projects from 1 US ACE District.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA363366

Entities

People

  • Dena D. Dickerson
  • Kevin J. Reine
  • Kim L. Hermann

Organizations

  • United States Army Corps of Engineers

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bodies Of Water
  • Ecology
  • Endangered Species
  • Geographic Regions
  • Habitats
  • Illinois
  • Law
  • Missouri
  • Natural History
  • New Jersey
  • New Mexico
  • Oklahoma
  • Pennsylvania
  • Plants
  • Puget Sound
  • United States
  • Water

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

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  • Aquatic Ecology
  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Engineering.