2016 Lake Worth Lagoon CAP 1135 Benthic Macroinvertebrate Study. Preliminary Results

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1 2016 Lake Worth Lagoon CAP 1135 Benthic Macroinvertebrate Study Preliminary Results

2 Study Objectives Section 1135 of the Water Resources Development Act of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers may plan, design and build modifications to existing Corps projects, or areas degraded by Corps projects, to restore aquatic habitats for fish and wildlife Benthic macroinvertebrates have specific habitat preferences, limited mobility, and provide important ecological functions. These characteristics allow benthic macroinvertebrate communities to serve as bioindicators of estuary health, providing information on habitat degradation associated with anthropogenic sources. Main objective of this study was to compare softbottom benthic communities of constructed environmental restoration projects with impacted submerged lagoon bottom Results will be used by used to determine how to offset impacts from central and southern flood control projects on the estuarine waters of Lake Worth Lagoon

3 Study Design 5 restoration project locations 5 natural, impacted locations (candidate restoration sites) 10 locations- 20 sites

4 Placement of 150,000 cy of sand graded to wetland elevations 3 red mangrove/ cordgrass islands and subtidal elevations for seagrass South Cove Placement of 50,000 cy of sand placed over 12.8 acres to cap muck 2 islands- 0.6 acres tidal flats and red mangrove, 0.6 acres oyster reef 1.1 acres of cordgrass 2015 Grassy Flats Capped over 4.5 acres of muck to create elevations and sediment conditions appropriate for seagrass and 0.5 acres of mangrove/cordgrass habitat and oyster reef 2014 Bryant Park West

5 Ibis Isle Restoration Project- 8.3 acres of intertidal cordgrass, red mangrove and oyster reef with placement of 40,000 cy of sand to cap muck sediments in Snook Islands Natural Area acres of wetland habitat with fill placement in deep dredge holes in 2005

6 Methods Benthic macrofauna samples- 10 cm x 10 cm PVC cores, sieving with 0.5 mm mesh- 5 replicates/site 5 replicate grab samples- sampled shallower sediment depth, approximately 6 to 7 cm depth, sieving with 1 mm mesh Sediment c0res- grain-size distribution, mean grain size, percent silt/clay, total organic content (LOI)

7 Water depth - impacted vs. restored sites 10 impacted sites habitat with - tide-corrected water depths ranged from 4.5 ft at Bonefish Cove 15 to ft at El Cid 6. Only 4 restored sample sites that are always submerged, shallow-water habitat: Snook 9 and 10, Grassy Flats 18, and Bryant Park West 19

8 Sediment Characteristics Six of the 10 impact sites were mud bottom (100% silt/clay with no sand fraction) while all ten restored sites were predominantly sand Currie Park 2 and Snook East 12 had the largest mean grain sizes of all 20 sites at 0.46 and 0.73 mm, respectively. Small rubble in the Currie Park 2 core sample, shell fragments in Snook East 12 core sample

9 Three impacted locations, El Cid, Bonefish Cove, and Bryant Park South, were black anoxic muck Muck probe depths at Bonefish Cove 16 were all greater than 1.7 m Muck depth at Bonefish Cove 15 and Bryant Park South 13 was approximately 1 m, Bryant Park South 14 was 0.7 m

10 Organic Content (LOI) Mean organic content was significantly higher at the impact sites than at the restoration sites (26.1% ± 3.5 vs 4.8% ± 1.3). Bonefish Cove 16 had the highest organic content at 38.9%, and South Cove 3 had the lowest at 1.2%.

11 Strong positive relationship between percent silt/clay and organic content

12 Bivalves were the dominant class in the core samples at both impacted and restored locations, followed by polychaetes Malacostracans (crabs, tanaids, and cumaceans) and Ophiuroidea (brittle stars) were found in cores only at the restored locations in low abundance (1-2 organisms) Ophiuroidea were found in high abundance (8 organisms) at one restored site, Bryant Park West Two decapods were found at Grassy Flats while Bryant Park West and South Cove each contained one representative from the Family Ocypodidae (decapods). One cumacean (Oxyurostylis smithi) was present in the Snook cores, and two Tanaidae were present in Ibis cores.

13 Core samples- benthic community abundance by class No significant difference between mean bivalve and polychaete density at the impacted and restored locations Density of malacostracans was significantly greater at restored sites than impacted sites

14 Core samples Impacted locations - invertebrate density ranged from a 190/m 2 at Bryant Park South to 873 /m 2 at El Cid Restored locations- invertebrate density ranged from 139/m 2 at South Cove to 1,114/m 2 at Snook Islands Invertebrate density was higher at impacted locations in the northern portion of the study area (Currie Park and El Cid) and lower in the southern area (Bonefish Cove and Bryant Park South) Bivalves were the dominant taxa at all impacted locations except for Bonefish Cove, where polychaetes were dominant

15 Bivalves were the most abundant class at both impacted and restored locations, but dominated the impacted locations (95% and 59%, respectively). Grab samples- benthic community abundance by class The grab samples indicate a benthic community composition similar to the core samples at the restored locations. Class diversity was more balanced at the restored locations with relatively high abundances of malacostracans (20%), polychaetes (15%) and gastropods (6%)

16 Grab Samples Grab densities at impacted locations ranged from 1,085 invertebrates/m 3 at Bonefish Cove to 10,793 invertebrates/m 3 at Snook East. At the restored locations, invertebrate density ranged from 150/m 3 at South Cove to 7,403/m 3 at Snook Islands Higher densities of infauna in surface grab samples suggest that organism density in top 5 cm of sediment layer is much higher than bottom 5 cm

17 Overall abundance was 1.6 times higher in grab samples at the impacted locations than at the restored locations (1,024 and 643, respectively). The relatively high densities of bivalves at Snook E and Currie Park were responsible for the higher overall abundance of macrofauna at the impacted sites Although family diversity of bivalves and polychaetes was relatively high, the numerically dominant families were typically represented by a single species in both cores and grabs

18 The two impacted locations north of the C-51 canal and closer to Lake Worth Inlet, Currie Park and El Cid, and Snook East had higher diversity and abundance of bivalves than Bryant Park South and Bonefish Cove (two muck sites with thick muck layers) Bonefish Cove 16 separated out from the remaining 9 impacted sites in the grab sample data, driven by the overall low macrofaunal abundance and diversity Many of the muck sites were characterized by abundant dead bivalves All three diversity indices had higher overall values at the restored locations in comparison to impacted locations when comparing grab samples

19 Three dominant bivalves at impacted sites Mulinia lateralis Corbula sp. A Tagelus divisus M. lateralis is extremely opportunistic with high fecundity Dominant organism in surveys of lagoon in 1970s and 1980s

20 Taxonomic Richness Abundance Polynomial relationship shows increasing richness and abundance in the macroinvertebrate community with increasing organic content until a point of saturation when the high organic content has a negative effect on these parameters Adverse effects of 100% muck environments on benthic community richness and abundance y = x x R² = Loss on Ignition (LOI) cores grabs y = -4797x x R² = Loss on Ignition (LOI)

21 Study Conclusions Importance of remediating the sediment habitat in the central lagoon to increase benthic community richness; however, all sites are subjected to similar water quality stressors Physical data suggest that two northern impacts sites have more stable salinity regime due to tidal influence from Lake Worth Inlet Study results are similar to dredging studies which have demonstrated that benthic community shifts from high abundance of burrowing amphipods in sand habitats to dominance of filter feeding and deposit feeding bivalves and polychaetes in silt/muck habitats Intertidal benthic communities are typically different from submerged benthic communities due to exposure and predation effects

22 A high number of Nereididae and Tanaid crustaceans were found at Ibis Isles. Nereididae was also found at Snook and Bryant Park West. Nereididae were not found in grab samples at any of the impacted locations. Ecological importance of creation of intertidal habitats for food web functions- Family Nereididae are an important food source for shorebirds

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