Specimen Information

Osmerus mordax
Osmerus mordax
(Rainbow Smelt)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID242350
GroupFishes
GenusOsmerus
Speciesmordax
Common NameRainbow Smelt
StateME
CountyFranklin
LocalityLong Pond
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameUpper Androscoggin River
HUC8 Number01040001
HUC10 NameLower Richardson Lake
HUC10 Number0104000101
HUC12 NameMooselookmeguntic Lake
HUC12 Number010400010109
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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