Conservation status assessment of the endangered Mexican Blindcat, Prietella phreatophila

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dc.creatorDugan, Laura E.
dc.creatorHendrickson, Dean A.
dc.creatorHernández-Espriú, Antonio
dc.creatorGarrett, Gary P.
dc.creatorCohen, Adam E.
dc.creatorWolaver, Brad
dc.creatorSmith, Ryan
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-02T13:13:43Z
dc.date.available2017-10-02T13:13:43Z
dc.date.issued2017-07-15
dc.descriptioncontent from an oral presentation July 15, 2017 at the annual Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists in Austin, Texas, USA (http://conferences.k-state.edu/JMIH-Austin-2017/)en_US
dc.description.abstractDiscovery of the Mexican blindcat, Prietella phreatophila, in Texas in 2016 generated interest in the species, which had previously only been known from Mexico but is listed as a foreign endangered species in the US. Consequently, an effort was undertaken to conduct a conservation status assessment of the fish using standardized methods developed by NatureServe. These assessments aim to determine the extinction risk of species and produce conservation ranks, which can be used to inform listing statuses and policy decisions and to determine conservation priorities. The rank is determined by assessing factors in three main categories: rarity, threats, and trends. Here we used three rarity and one threat factor in the NatureServe rank calculator to determine the global conservation rank of P. phreatophila. Known occurrences were compiled, and the online tool GeoCAT (geospatial conservation assessment tool) was used to determine range extent and area of occupancy. Number of occurrences (e.g., populations) was estimated based on the spatial distribution of observations and their proximity to one another. Threat comprised scope, which was assessed in ArcGIS by intersecting the total area covered by a given threat with the known occurrence area of P. phreatophila, and severity, which was estimated based on expert opinion. The resulting conservation rank was G2 (globally imperiled; roughly equivalent to IUCN’s Vulnerable rank); however, complete data were not available for any factor thus motivating the need for further study. When new data are available, the rank can be easily updated with this new information using the rank calculator.en_US
dc.description.departmentIntegrative Biologyen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipTexas Parks and Wildlife Department; U.S. National Park Service; University of Texas at Austin Biodiversity Center and College of Natural Sciences; San Antonio Zoo;en_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.15781/T2FJ29V47
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/61887
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.relation.ispartofUT Faculty/Researcher Worksen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States*
dc.rights.restrictionOpenen_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/*
dc.subjectPrietella phreatophilaen_US
dc.subjectkarst aquifersen_US
dc.subjectconservation statusen_US
dc.subjectTexasen_US
dc.subjectCoahuilaen_US
dc.subjectendangered speciesen_US
dc.subjecthydrologyen_US
dc.subjectfreshwater ecologyen_US
dc.subjectSiluriformesen_US
dc.subjectIctaluridaeen_US
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::NATURAL SCIENCES::Biology::Terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecology::Freshwater ecologyen_US
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::NATURAL SCIENCES::Earth sciences::Atmosphere and hydrosphere sciences::Hydrologyen_US
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS::Water in nature and societyen_US
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::FORESTRY, AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES and LANDSCAPE PLANNING::Landscape planning::Nature conservation and landscape managementen_US
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::FORESTRY, AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES and LANDSCAPE PLANNING::Landscape planning::Comprehensive planningen_US
dc.subjectinternational shared aquifersen_US
dc.subjectMexican Blindcaten_US
dc.subjectconservation ranken_US
dc.subjectstygobiteen_US
dc.subjectJMIH 2017en_US
dc.titleConservation status assessment of the endangered Mexican Blindcat, Prietella phreatophilaen_US
dc.typeConference paperen_US

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