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Lucas J Driver

LMG Staff

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

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Figure 1. The Buffalo National River in Arkansas

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.
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Contaminant Biology, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
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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.
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Habitat and biological assemblage data of streams within Tribal lands of the Pearl River Community of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, 2017-18

This data release contains habitat survey data (quantitative and qualitative) and biological assemblage data (periphyton, macroinvertebrate, and fish) collected among 8 stream sites within the Tribal lands of the Pearl River Community of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians (MBCI). The MBCI is a Federally recognized Native American Tribe and the Pearl River Community, located near Phi
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Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center

Ecological flow analyses of surface water withdrawal scenarios in the Cumberland and Tennessee River basins

This data release contains input data files (R scripts and supporting data files) and results tables associated with analyses that describe the predicted effects of surface-water withdrawal scenarios on specific stream flow characteristics (SFC), changes in fish species richness, and maximum allowable withdrawal (MAW) thresholds from stream sites within the Tennessee and Cumberland River basins.
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Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center

Characterization of water quality, biology, and habitat of the Pearl River and selected tributaries contiguous to and within Tribal lands of the Pearl River Community of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, 2017–18

The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians (MBCI), conducted a baseline assessment of the physical, chemical, and biological quality of selected streams and rivers within and contiguous to the Pearl River Community (PRC) in 2017 and 2018. The MBCI is a federally recognized tribe with territories in Mississippi and Tennessee. MBCI Tribal government and c
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Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center, Office of Tribal Relations

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 associations. We evaluated YCD density and associated st
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Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center

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 the Buffalo River magnified in 2013 when a large c
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Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center

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 Cumberland river basins to predict species richness r
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Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center

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 dissolved oxygen (DO) data collected at five small- t
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Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center

Non-USGS Publications**

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.
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.

**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.

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