Specimen Information

Osmerus mordax
Osmerus mordax
(Rainbow Smelt)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID241358
GroupFishes
GenusOsmerus
Speciesmordax
Common NameRainbow Smelt
StateME
CountyYork
LocalityMousam Lake (just E of Acton)
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NamePiscataqua-Salmon Falls
HUC8 Number01060003
HUC10 NameMousam River-Frontal Atlantic Ocean
HUC10 Number0106000302
HUC12 NameMousam Lake
HUC12 Number010600030201
Map
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Collection Year1999
Year AccuracyPublication Year
Potential Pathwaystocked for forage
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:16631
Author:Mercado-Silva, N., J.D. Olden, J.T. Maxted, T.R. Hrabik, and M.J. Vander Zanden
Date:2006
Title:Forecasting the spread of invasive Rainbow Smelt in the Laurentian Great Lakes region of North America.
Journal:Conservation Biology
Volume:20
Issue:6
Pages:1740-1749
Reference 2
Ref. Number:16880
Date:2007
Title:Maine's Public Educational Access to Environmental Information (PEARL) website.
Publisher:The University of Maine/Senator George J Mitchell Center for Environmental and Watershed Research.
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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