Impact ID9643
Impact TypeDisease/Parasite/Toxicity
Study TypeObservational
Study LocationField
Impact DescriptionPiscirickettsia cf. salmonis infections have been limited in the Great Lakes to muskellunge and yellow perch from Lake St. Clair. The bacterium was detected in all of the fish sampled from Lake St. Clair during a large muskellunge die-off in 2003. No subsequent mortalities were observed in St. Clair until 2006.
Reference42753
Cost 
LocationLake St. Clair, USA

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