The Lost River sucker, known locally as mullet, is one of the larger members of the sucker family.
Stakeholder
United States Bureau of Reclamation
Case Study Scenario
The primary partner, the United States Bureau of Reclamation, along with other partners are moving Lost River Suckers, an endangered species, from Tule Lake, California on the Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge into the Upper Klamath Lake in Oregon.
Objective
Identify sampling done by the National Wild Fish Health Survey on Upper Klamath Lake to aid in the risk assessment of moving Klamath suckers from Tule Lake into the Upper Klamath Lake.
Results
Explore Data
Assessing the National Wild Fish Health Survey Database Web Application (URL) the search bar was used to find Tule Lake in California by typing in the search box the search term “Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge.”
The map zooms immediately to location. Clicking on the map location, Lost Watershed, brings up a pop-up indicating there were 12 cases representing 1950 fish sampled and no pathogens detected in the historical data, and using the next arrow in the top banner of the pop-up window, 7 cases representing 89 fish sampled with no confirmed pathogens in the 2021-Present data. Seeking information on the fish species sampled, user selects the related table under the historical data pop-up window to view the case list, the user selects the drop-down arrow next to the related records: title and selects species from the field list. The user can now see all the species tested. The user then uses the back arrow in the top ribbon of the pop-up to navigate back to the main pop-up screen and navigates to the 2021-present data pop-up window to select the related table. The user then uses the first drop-down list next to the related records: title and selects species from the field list to the view the species tested at the case study level and the sample level for the watershed.
The user displays the attribute table at the bottom of the screen, by selecting the open attribute table grey arrow button. The user selects the FWS National Wild Fish Health Survey Case Related Data 2021-Present table header using the navigate arrow icons in the top ribbon of the attribute table, then selects Options in the top ribbon of the table and filters the list by the hucname, Lost, and finds 7 case records in the present data. The user then navigates to the FWS National Wild Fish Health Survey Related Table Historical Data Table and repeats the same filter actions and finds 68 records in the historical data. The user sorts the list by species, by clicking on the species title column in each table and selects sort ascending and finds Lost River Suckers, the primary species of interest were sampled from Tule Lake in 2010 and Lake Ewauna in 2006.
Outputs
The user exports the data in each of the related tables by selecting the Options menu and then selecting Export all to .CSV format for use in the risk assessment.
Outcome
The user contacts the lab (see the lab field in the table) that performed the assessments to confirm that no other clinical findings would impact the risk assessment.
