Ib tug carp dub sau los ntawm USGS cov kws tshawb fawb los ntawm Mississippi River. (Courtesy ntawm US Geological Survey)
Sijhawm Nyeem Ntawv: 3 feeb

Zaj dab neeg no yog ib yam khoom ntawm tus Mississippi River Basin Ag & Lub Rooj Dej, ib qho kev tshaj tawm xov xwm ywj pheej raws li hauv University of Missouri Lub Tsev Kawm Ntawv ntawm Kev Sau Xov Xwm hauv kev koom tes nrog Kev Qhia Txog Asmeskas thiab tau txais nyiaj los ntawm Walton Family Foundation. Wisconsin Saib yog ib tug tswv cuab ntawm lub network. Sau npe rau peb tsab ntawv xov xwm thiab pub los txhawb peb qhov tseeb-kuaj sau xov xwm.

Suab zaj dab neeg hais los ntawm Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco / WNIJ-Northern Public Radio.

Cov carp dub, ib qho ntawm plaub hom kab mob ntawm cov carp hauv North America, tau ua rau hauv Mississippi River phiab.

Ib daim ntawv tshaj tawm ntau xyoo tshiab los ntawm US Geological Survey (USGS) pom qhov ntau ntawm dub carp hauv Mississippi River phiab tam sim no suav nrog tag nrho tus dej, los ntawm New Orleans mus rau sab qab teb sab hnub tuaj ntawm Iowa, ze Keokuk.

Cov carp dub yog ib hom ntses loj nyob rau thaj tsam ntawm Asia sab hnub tuaj, feem ntau loj hlob tshaj peb taw ntev thiab hnyav tshaj 100 phaus. Cov ntses tau txhob txwm coj mus rau cov xeev thaum xyoo 1970s los ua kev tswj xyuas kab tsuag rau cov kwj dej hauv cov pas dej ntses. Cov pejxeem loj hlob sai heev ntawm kev tswj hwm.

Kev tshawb fawb tau ua tiav los ntawm kev tshuaj xyuas "pob pob zeb," lossis "otoliths" - ntawm ntau tshaj 200 carp dub los ntawm 2011 txog 2018 kom sib txawv seb lawv yog tsiaj qus lossis ua liaj ua teb.

Patrick Kroboth yog tus kws kho tsiaj ntses nrog USGS's Columbia Environmental Research Center hauv Columbia, Missouri, thiab ib tus kws sau ntawv ntawm txoj kev tshawb no, luam tawm nyob rau hauv Biological Invasions. Nws hais tias carp pob ntseg pob zeb, ntawm lwm txoj hauv kev, xam pom qhov tseem ceeb hauv lawv qhov kev tshawb pom.

"Raws li ntses loj hlob, cov qauv calcified tso qee qhov micro-chemistry ntawm cov dej nyob ib ncig ntawm cov ntses, ib puag ncig uas nws nyob hauv, nws tau ntes nyob ntawd," nws hais.

Thaum lub xub ntiag ntawm cov carp dub nyob rau hauv ib feem ntawm Mississippi River phiab tau raug tshaj tawm yav dhau los, kev tshawb fawb xaus tias tam sim no cov pej xeem tau txhawb nqa tus kheej.

Cov carp dub yog molluscivore, txhais tau hais tias nws tsuas yog noj cov qwj, clams, thiab mussels, ntawm lwm cov mollusks. Kroboth tau hais tias qhov no ua rau muaj kev pheej hmoo rau Mississippi River thiab nws cov ceg ntoo.

“Ntau yam ntawm North America cov kab mussel raug hem thiab muaj kev puas tsuaj. Qhov ntawd yog qhov tseeb tias muaj kev txhawj xeeb, "nws hais.

Rov qab rau xyoo 2003, thawj qhov tsis raug ntes dub tau pom nyob rau yav qab teb Illinois oxbow pas dej uas nyob ib sab ntawm tus dej Mississippi. Tsis ntev tas los no, cov neeg nuv ntses ua lag luam hauv Louisiana tau tshaj tawm txog kev ntes ntses thoob plaws xyoo 1990 hauv cov dej liab thiab Atchafalaya.

Cov carp dub tau txhob txwm coj mus rau cov xeev thaum xyoo 1970s los ntawm kev tswj kab tsuag rau cov kwj dej hauv cov pas dej ntses. Cov pejxeem loj hlob sai heev ntawm kev tswj hwm. (Courtesy ntawm US Geological Survey)

Brad Parsons, nrog rau Mississippi Interstate Cooperative Resource Association, hais tias biologists tau xav ntev ntev tias cov carp dub nyob hauv lub phiab, thiab tam sim no qhov tseem ceeb yuav tsum tau txheeb xyuas seb yuav tswj cov kab tsuag li cas.

Parsons tau hais tias "Qhov tseeb yog - ntses tsis nkag siab txog kev nom kev tswv ciam teb, thiab lawv tsis raug khi los ntawm lawv," Parsons hais. "Ib tug ntses nyob hauv Mississippi River ib hnub tuaj yeem nyob hauv Ohio River tom ntej."

Tshaj li lub ntsiab ntawm tus dej Mississippi, cov carp dub kuj suav nrog feem ntau ntawm nws cov tributaries: Cumberland, Illinois, Kaskaskia, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, Wabash, thiab Dawb dej. 

Parsons tau hais tias kev tswj hwm ntawm cov kab mob nkag mus rau hauv Mississippi River yuav xav tau kev sib koom tes thiab kev sib koom ua ke kom muaj txiaj ntsig zoo los tiv thaiv cov kev hem thawj uas tshwm sim uas cov carp tsim.

"Peb cov hom tsiaj nyob hauv lub tebchaws yog qhov zoo kawg nkaus, lawv tau nyob ntawm no ntev heev. Tab sis lawv tab tom ntsib kev ua phem rau pem hauv ntej, "Parson hais. "Thiab, koj paub, peb tsis tas yuav muaj kev sib tw tshiab ntxiv kom muab pov rau hauv qhov sib xyaw ntawm no."

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Juanpablo npog ib puag ncig, tsev nyob tsis zoo thiab kev sib raug zoo ntawm tub ceev xwm-cov zej zog. Nws tau ua tus pab txhawb ob hom lus ntawm StoryCorps chaw ua haujlwm hauv Chicago. Raws li ib tug pej xeem tshaj tawm xov xwm ntawm City Bureau, lub koom haum xov xwm tsis yog nyiaj txiag uas tsom mus rau Chicago's South Side, Ramirez-Franco tau tsim cov ntawv luam tawm thiab suab dab neeg txog Pilsen cov zej zog. Ua ntej ntawd, nws yog ib tus neeg ua haujlwm tsim khoom ntawm Third Coast International Audio Festival thiab cov neeg ua haujlwm nyob deb nroog Asmeskas hauv Cov Ntawv Xov Xwm no. Ramirez-Franco loj hlob nyob rau sab qaum teb Illinois. Nws yog kawm tiav ntawm Knox College.