4 results for Osmerus mordax (Rainbow Smelt)

Impact ID Scientific Name Impact Type Study Type Study Location Impact Description Geographic Location Reference
3718 Osmerus mordax Disease/Parasite/Toxicity Experimental Laboratory Osmerus mordax contain high levels of thiaminase which when consumed in large quantities by Atlantic Salmon had lower swimming performance than fish fed a control diet. There were also trends for lower body condition, a less streamlined body shape, and less yellow body pigmentation when fed the thiaminase diet. United States 28044
3736 Osmerus mordax Disease/Parasite/Toxicity Observational Field Mercury in rainbow smelt accumulates in high concentrations in herring gulls eggs in Lake Superior and Lake Ontario. Great Lakes, USA 34447
3740 Osmerus mordax Disease/Parasite/Toxicity Experimental Laboratory Consumption of rainbow smelt and alewife that contains high levels of thiaminase causes early mortality syndrome in lake trout. United States, Lake Michigan 34489
6643 Osmerus mordax Disease/Parasite/Toxicity Observational Field Unlike other studies, evidence suggests that rainbow smelt are unlikely to cause post-invasion [Hg] increases in most predatory fish species and trophic elevation in forage fish is unlikely to result in harmful bioaccumulation. Canada 34453

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