Impact ID |
Scientific Name
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Impact Type
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Study Type
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Study Location
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Impact Description
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Geographic Location
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Reference
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3865
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Petromyzon marinus
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Disease/Parasite/Toxicity
|
Anecdotal
|
N/A
|
sea lamprey parasitizes larger fish species, particularly salmonids
|
Great Lakes
|
13595
|
6731
|
Petromyzon marinus
|
Disease/Parasite/Toxicity
|
Anecdotal
|
N/A
|
f the fish that survived attacks by lampreys, 85% of various species had been attacked up to five times
|
Great Lakes, USA
|
870
|
6732
|
Petromyzon marinus
|
Disease/Parasite/Toxicity
|
Anecdotal
|
N/A
|
In combination with other factors (e.g., overfishing and hybridization with more common cisco species), sea lamprey predation led to the extinction of the deepwater cisco (Coregonus johannae) and the decline of the blackfin cisco (C. nigripinnis), both endemic to the Great Lakes
|
Great Lakes, USA
|
1225
|
6733
|
Petromyzon marinus
|
Disease/Parasite/Toxicity
|
Observational
|
Field
|
Although the number of sea lamprey in the Great Lakes has been reduced, it still wounds or kills substantial numbers of lake trout in some areas and thus is impeding the rebuilding of established populations.
|
Great Lakes, USA
|
23292
|
6734
|
Petromyzon marinus
|
Disease/Parasite/Toxicity
|
Observational
|
Field
|
A recent study in northern Lake Michigan found that sea lamprey wounding rates in this region have increased from 1990-1999 to 2000-2008, despite continued management of sea lamprey populations.
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Lake Michigan, USA
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24345
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