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Miller, R.R. 1957. Origin and dispersal of the alewife Alosa pseudoharengus, and the gizzard shad, Dorosoma cepedianum, in the Great Lakes. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 86(1956):97-111.
Reference Details:
Reference Number: 134
Type: Journal Article
Author: Miller, R.R.
Date (year): 1957
Article Title:Origin and dispersal of the alewife Alosa pseudoharengus, and the gizzard shad, Dorosoma cepedianum, in the Great Lakes.
Journal Name: Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
Volume: 86
Issue: 1956
Pages: 97-111
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Keywords: alewife, gizzard shad, Great Lakes, Alosa, Dorosoma
Species Profiles and Specimens that use this Reference:

Alosa pseudoharengus

    MI - Lake Superior, off Pendill's Creek
    MI - Lake Superior, Whitefish Bay
    MI - Lake Huron, about 40 mi from Rogers City; at a point about midway on a line drawn between Thunder Bay Island Light and Duck Island Light
    MI - Lake Michigan, west of South Manitou
    MI - Lake Michigan, off Whitehall, 14 miles SW of Montague
    MI - Lake Michigan, 12 mi WNW of South Haven
    MI - Lake Superior, Whitefish Bay, about 1 mi. N of mouth of Tahquamenon River.
    MI - Lake Huron drainage, Ocqueoc River Weir near Rogers City.
    MI - Lake Michigan, East Bay of Grand Traverse Bay
    MI - Lake Huron, along shore in the Les Chenaux Channels.
    MI - Lake Superior, at mouth of Blind Sucker River
    MI - Lake Michigan, East bay of Grand Traverse Bay at O-at-ka Beach.
    MI - Lake Superior, Keweenaw Bay, 1 mile off town of same name.
    MN - Lake Superior, off Two Harbors.
    MN - Lake Superior, not off Knife River
    MN - Lake Superior, Split Rock River area
    OH - Lake Erie, off South Bass Island
    OH - Lake Erie, near Vermilion and Lorain
    OH - Lake Erie, South Bass Island
    OH - Lake Erie in the vicinity of Conneaut, OH
    WI - Ellison Bay (eastern side of Green Bay)
    WI - Gills Rock Area (eastern side of Green Bay)
    WI - Lake Michigan, 10 miles NE of Milwaukee
    WI - Lake Superior, Chequamegon Bay, off Long Island.
    WI - carp-holding ponds near Duck Creek (southern tip of Green Bay)

Alosa sapidissima

    NY - Lake Ontario

Dorosoma cepedianum

    IN - Lake Michigan off Miller, Indiana ~5 miles east of Gary
    MI - Lake St. Clair
    MI - Pine River at St. Louis
    MI - about 1 mile south of the channel connecting Lake Michigan and Muskegon Lake, west of Muskegon.

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