Blueback Herring

Alosa aestivalis
(Blueback Herring)
Fishes
Native Transplant

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21 results for Alosa aestivalis (Blueback Herring)

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Impact ID	Scientific Name	Impact Type	Study Type	Study Location	Impact Description	Reference
2721	Alosa aestivalis	Competition	Anecdotal	Field	If blueback herring became established throughout Lake Ontario and/or spread to other Great Lakes...	14488
2723	Alosa aestivalis	Competition	Anecdotal	N/A	Blueback herring are believed to have the potential to displace rainbow smelt and other native...	18753
2724	Alosa aestivalis	Food Web	Observational	Field	The introduction of blueback herring into Theo Reservoir in Briscoe County, Texas resulted in...	812
2726	Alosa aestivalis	Disease/Parasites/Toxicity	Anecdotal	N/A	This species poses no significant hazard or threat to the health of native species.	33776
2792	Alosa aestivalis	Predation/Herbivory	Observational	Field	Blueback Herring in a South Carolina reservoir ate mostly zooplankton, including Bosmina sp....	14491
2794	Alosa aestivalis	Competition	Anecdotal	Field	Blueback Herring in a South Carolina reservoir ate mostly zooplankton, including Bosmina sp....	14491
2795	Alosa aestivalis	Competition	Observational	Field	Blueback Herring (Alosa aestivalis) compete for food with Alewife in the Great lakes.	14488
2796	Alosa aestivalis	Predation/Herbivory	Anecdotal	N/A	Native and stocked piscivores in the Great Lakes such as Atlantic Salmon, Lake Charr (Trout), and...	14488
2797	Alosa aestivalis	Food Web	Anecdotal	N/A	Blueback Herring in the Great Lakes have the potential to impact size-selection of zooplankton...	14488
2798	Alosa aestivalis	Disease/Parasites/Toxicity	Anecdotal	N/A	Blueback Herring in the Great Lakes have the potential to impact size-selection of zooplankton...	14488
2799	Alosa aestivalis	Competition	Anecdotal	Field	Blueback Herring in South Carolina reservoirs probably compete for food resources with other...	26640
2800	Alosa aestivalis	Predation/Herbivory	Anecdotal	N/A	Blueback Herring are eaten by many freshwater sport fishes.	26640
2801	Alosa aestivalis	Predation/Herbivory	Observational	Field	In a South Carolina reservoir, Blueback Herring consumed some juvenile fishes (Clupeid and...	24389
2802	Alosa aestivalis	Competition	Observational	Field	In a South Carolina reservoir, Blueback Herring consumed some juvenile fishes (Clupeid and...	24389
2803	Alosa aestivalis	Food Web	Observational	Field	Selective feeding by Blueback herring on larger zooplankton appear to have restructured the...	24389
2804	Alosa aestivalis	Predation/Herbivory	Observational	Field	Introduction of Blueback Herring to Crystal Lake, CT, reduced modal size of zooplankton from 0.785...	33781
2805	Alosa aestivalis	Food Web	Experimental	Field	Carcasses of Alosa aestivalis in an Atlantic coastal river were colonized by the fungus...	33782
2806	Alosa aestivalis	Competition	Observational	Field	There was high dietary overlap in zooplankton prey between both juvenile and adult Blueback Herring...	33786
2807	Alosa aestivalis	Predation/Herbivory	Observational	Field	Adult Alabama Bass (Micropterus henshalli), Largemouth Bass (Mi. salmoides), and Striped...	33786
2808	Alosa aestivalis	Competition	Observational	Field	In Nova Scotia, small Blueback Herring diets comprised 48% benthic prey, large Blueback Herring...	1897
7450	Alosa aestivalis	Other	Observational	Field	One study in headwater lakes of Massachusetts indicates that introduced Blueback herring (Alosa...	24199

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