Aquatic Invertebrates of Montana

The World Wide Whirling Worm Web

Welcome to the WWWWW, a whirling disease page emphasizing the worm! My goal is to provide base-line data on aquatic oligochaete communities in Montana relevant to the study and management of whirling disease. 

• Whats new at the WWWWW
  1. General Risk Assesment
  2. Montana Chapter AFS talk
  3. River Summary
  4. Upper Missouri River Drainage Map

   

• The aquatic oligochaetes of Montana are covered as part of the Aquatic Invertebrates of Montana
  
  • Annelida
  • Oligochaeta
  • Oligochaeta List
  • Oligochaeta List Summary
  • Tubifex tubifex

   

• Methods
  1. Field Collection
  2. Laboratory Processing
  3. Slide Mounting
  4. Identification

   

• Projects
  1. Little Prickly Pear Creek and the Missouri River
  2. Upper Madison River and its tributaries
  3. Montana Whirling Disease Positive Sites

   

• Progress Reports
  1. FEB 6, 1997- Montana Chapter AFS meeting
  2. OCT 3, 1996- MSU Brown Bag Gathering
  3. MAY 20-21, 1996- Introduction page for the Bozeman workshop.

   

• Montana Tubifex Summary
• Tubifex Sites and Status Maps
  1. Western Montana
  2. Madision River Drainage
  3. Jefferson River Drainage
  4. Upper Missouri River Drainage
  5. Upper Clark Fork River Drainage
• Recommendations

   

• Tubifex - Whirling Disease Literature Review
• Worm data status summary
• WWWW usage
• Other Whirling Disease Sites

16 MAR 1996, updated on 17 JAN 1997 D.L. Gustafson
AIM home page
dlg@rivers.oscs.montana.edu