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Platte Lake Improvement Association
Annual Meeting
1 August, 2020 (virtual)
Miracidium Cercariae Accidental host Vertebrate Hosts Snail Hosts
Platte Lake Improvement Association Annual Meeting 1 August, 2020 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Platte Lake Improvement Association Annual Meeting 1 August, 2020 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Platte Lake Improvement Association Annual Meeting 1 August, 2020 (virtual) Leading the World in Innovative Swimmers Itch Strategies freshwatersol.com Simplified Life Cycle Vertebrate Hosts Accidental host Cercariae Miracidium
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2019 Assessment Results
- Both hatch-year mallards and common
mergansers harbor schistosome infections
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Mallards Common Merganser
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2019 Assessment Results
- Both hatch-year mallards and common
mergansers harbor schistosome infections
- Platte Lake had slightly higher number of
“worms in the water” than similar lakes
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2019 Assessment Results
- Both hatch-year mallards and common
mergansers harbor schistosome infections
- Platte Lake had slightly higher number of
“worms in the water” than similar lakes
- Three species of itch-causing parasites are
cycling in Platte Lake
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Common Merganser
- S. emarginata
- T. stagnicolae
Canada Goose Mallard Physa sp. Gyraulus sp. Lymnaea sp. Helisoma sp.
- T. szidati
- T. physellae
Schistosomatidae sp1. Ansero/Tricho brantae Trichobilharzia nov sp. Dendritobilharzia sp.
- T. ocellata
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2019 Assessment Results
- Both hatch-year mallards and common
mergansers harbor schistosome infections
- Platte Lake had slightly higher number of
“worms in the water” than similar lakes
- Three species of itch-causing parasites are
cycling in Platte Lake
- Platte Lake has an incredibly large mallard
population when compared to other lakes
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Lake Shoreline (mi) Mallard/mile Total Birds/mile Charlevoix 60.0 7.08 11.38 Elk 28.0 5.25 7.68 Big Glen 10.8 8.70 10.00 Little Glen 6.4 9.22 14.69 NL Leelanau 15.0 6.27 7.60 SL Leelanau 26.2 14.12 15.84 Lime Lake 4.2 8.33 9.77 Long Lake 16.7 6.47 7.13 Skegemog 15.0 2.73 4.87 Walloon 30.5 1.61 4.75 White Sand 11.2 0.45 0.45 Pickerel 7.1 14.37 20.99 Crooked 16.3 13.62 16.81 North Torch 21.0 8.19 12.10 South Torch 20.0 3.35 6.30 Bellaire 12.0 2.83 4.00 Intermediate 14.6 12.12 15.48 Big Platte 7/29/19 9.3 25.05 27.85 Averages 18.0 8.32 10.98
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2019 Conclusions
- Since…
– Platte Lake has an extremely large population of mallards… – 1 of the 3 itch-causing parasite species found on Platte Lake use mallards as their definitive host… – other lakes in NW Michigan with similar snail and parasite diversity are not finding success in whole- lake swimmer’s itch control…
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2019 Conclusions
- Then…
– Paying to trap and relocate common mergansers to control swimmer’s itch will not provide the whole-lake relief hoped for
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2019 Conclusions
- However…
– Progress is being made with inexpensive prevention strategies that:
- Preserve the whole-lake ecology
- Provide instant protection
- Work against all species of parasite
- Won’t transmit the parasite to other areas
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2020 Advances
- Can we predict swimmer’s itch outbreaks?
– Water samples from 60 sites on 6 lakes
- Platte, Glen, Lime, Leelanau, Elk/Skegemog, Walloon
– Every Tuesday morning in July – Special thanks to Joe Buechel and Wilfred Swiecki!
- Why are some years worse than others?
- Could control strategies vary from lake to lake?
- Expanding qPCR through Community-based
Monitoring (CBM)
– Involving PLIO to establish local capabilities
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A Special Thanks!
White Sand Lake Association