Driver L. J. and B. G. Justus. 2016. Water-quality effects on phytoplankton species and density and trophic state indices at Big Base and Little Base Lakes, Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, June through August, 2015. Journal of Arkansas Academy of Science.
Lucas J Driver
Biography
USGS Aquatic Ecologist - EOD April 2016
PhD - Environmental Science, Univ. North Texas, 2015
MS - Biology, Univ. Central Arkansas, 2009
BS - Environmental Science, Univ. Central Arkansas, 2005
Science and Products
Date published: October 31, 2017
Status: Active Detecting Differences in Bacterial Metabolism in the Buffalo National River
Each year, the Buffalo National River (BUFF) attracts 1.6 million visitors, many of whom enjoy recreational water activities. Since 2013, a confined animal feeding operation (CAFO) for swine has been operating on Big Creek, a BUFF tributary.
Year Published: 2021
Population density and stream-habitat relations of the Yellowcheek Darter (Nothonotus moorei) among the headwaters of the Little Red River in Arkansas
Nothonotus moorei (Yellowcheek Darter [YCD]) is an endangered species endemic to the headwaters of the Little Red River in north-central Arkansas. Population decline, habitat loss and fragmentation, and threats from land use and seasonal drought necessitate monitoring of population density and distribution to determine ecological and habitat...
Driver, Lucas; Justus, Billy
Year Published: 2021
Seasonal periphyton response to low-level nutrient exposure in a least disturbed mountain stream, the Buffalo River, Arkansas
Like most streams located in the Ozark Plateaus, the Buffalo River in Arkansas generally has excellent water quality. Water-quality conditions in Big Creek, however, a major tributary of the middle Buffalo River, have been less favorable than that of other Buffalo River tributaries. Concerns regarding the influence of water quality in Big Creek on...
Justus, Billy; Driver, Lucas; Burge, David R. L.
Year Published: 2020
Species richness responses to water withdrawal scenarios and minimum flow levels: Evaluating presumptive standards in the Tennessee and Cumberland River basins
Water resource managers are challenged to balance growing water demand with protecting aquatic ecosystems and biodiversity. Management decisions can benefit from improved understanding of water withdrawal impacts on hydrologic regimes and ecological assemblages. This study used Ecological Limit Functions for fish groups within the Tennessee and...
Driver, Lucas; Cartwright, Jennifer M.; Knight, Rodney; Wolfe, William J.
Year Published: 2019
Relations of dissolved-oxygen variability, selected field constituents, and metabolism estimates to land use and nutrients in high-gradient Boston Mountain streams, Arkansas
Continuous monitoring data can be extremely useful for assessing water quality conditions particularly for variables that exhibit dynamic diel swings such as dissolved oxygen. As a means of evaluating dissolved oxygen criteria used by the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) for assessing this stream class, we compared continuous...
Justus, Billy; Driver, Lucas; Green, J.J.; Wentz, NathanPre-USGS Publications
Driver L. J. and D. J. Hoeinghaus. 2016. Fish Metacommunity responses to experimental drought are determined by habitat heterogeneity and connectivity. Freshwater Biology 61: 533-548.
Driver L. J. and D. J. Hoeinghaus. 2015. Spatiotemporal dynamics of intermittent stream fish metacommunities in response to prolonged drought and reconnectivity. Marine and Freshwater Research.
Driver L. J. and G. L. Adams. 2013. Life history and spawning behavior of the Western Sand Darter (Ammocrypta clara) in Northeast Arkansas. The American Midland Naturalist 170:199-212
Driver L. J., G. L. Adams, and S. R. Adams. 2009. Fish assemblages of a cypress wetland within an urban landscape. Southeastern Naturalist 8:527-536.