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Tilmant, J.T. 1999. Management of nonindigenous aquatic fish in the U.S. National Park System. Paper presented at the 129th Annual Meeting of The American Fisheries Society, Charlotte, North Carolina, September 1, 1999 129:50.
Reference Details:
Reference Number: 13672
Type: Journal Article
Author: Tilmant, J.T.
Date (year): 1999
Article Title:Management of nonindigenous aquatic fish in the U.S. National Park System.
Journal Name: Paper presented at the 129th Annual Meeting of The American Fisheries Society, Charlotte, North Carolina, September 1, 1999.
Volume: 129
Issue:
Pages: 50
URL:
Keywords: Gymnocephalus cernua, ruffe, Lepomis microlophus, redear sunfish national parks, fish, management
Species Profiles and Specimens that use this Reference:

Acanthogobius flavimanus

    CA - Golden Gate National Recreation Area
    CA - Point Reyes National Seashore

Alosa pseudoharengus

    IN - Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
    MI - Isle Royale National Park
    MI -
    MI - Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Alosa sapidissima

    CA - Redwood National Park

Ambloplites rupestris

    MD - Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
    PA - Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
    DC - Rock Creek Park
    NY - Roosevelt-Vanderbilt Headquarters National Historic Sites [Hyde Park]

Ameiurus melas

    UT - Colorado River at Arches National Park
    UT - Colorado River and Green River at Canyonlands National Park
    UT - Green River at Dinosaur National Monument
    UT - Colorado River at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah and Arizona
    AZ - Lake Mead National Recreation Area
    CA - Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
    NV - Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Ameiurus natalis

    UT - Colorado River at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah and Arizona
    MT - Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument (Little Bighorn River)
    AZ - Beaver Creek at Montezuma Castle National Monument
    WA - Olympic National Park

Ameiurus nebulosus

    CA - Redwood National Park

Archocentrus nigrofasciatus

    WY - Grand Teton National Park

Archoplites interruptus

    CA - Golden Gate National Recreation Area
    CA - Point Reyes National Seashore

Astronotus ocellatus

    FL - Big Cypress National Preserve
    FL - Everglades National Park

Belonesox belizanus

    FL - Big Cypress National Preserve
    FL - Everglades National Park

Carassius auratus

    MD - Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
    PA - Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
    CA - Golden Gate National Recreation Area
    IN - Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
    AZ - Lake Mead National Recreation Area
    DC - Rock Creek Park
    CA - Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
    UT - Zion National Park (Virgin River)
    NV - Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Catostomus catostomus

    CO - Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
    CO - Rocky Mountain National Park

Catostomus commersonii

    UT - Colorado River at Arches National Park
    UT - Colorado River and Green River at Canyonlands National Park
    UT - Green River at Dinosaur National Monument

Cephalopholis argus

    HI - Kaloko-Honokohau National Historic Park

Cichla ocellaris

    FL - Everglades National Park

Cichlasoma bimaculatum

    FL - Big Cypress National Preserve
    FL - Everglades National Park

Cichlasoma urophthalma

    FL - Big Cypress National Preserve
    FL - Everglades National Park

Clarias batrachus

    FL - Big Cypress National Preserve
    FL - Everglades National Park

Coregonus clupeaformis

    MT - Glacier National Park

Couesius plumbeus

    WY - Yellowstone National Park

Ctenopharyngodon idella

    IN - Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore

Cyprinella lutrensis

    UT - Colorado River at Arches National Park
    UT - Colorado River and Green River at Canyonlands National Park
    UT - Green River at Dinosaur National Monument
    UT - Colorado River at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah and Arizona
    AZ - Lake Mead National Recreation Area
    AZ - Beaver Creek at Montezuma Castle National Monument
    NV - Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Cyprinus carpio

    UT - Colorado River at Arches National Park
    CO - Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
    UT - Colorado River and Green River at Canyonlands National Park
    MD - Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
    VA - Colonial National Historical Park
    OH - Cuyahoga Valley National Park
    PA - Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
    UT - Green River at Dinosaur National Monument
    UT - Colorado River at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah and Arizona
    CA - Golden Gate National Recreation Area
    IN - Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
    HI - Kaloko-Honokohau National Historic Park
    AZ - Lake Mead National Recreation Area
    MT - Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument (Little Bighorn River)
    TN - Obed Wild and Scenic River
    MN - Pipestone National Monument
    CA - Presidio of San Francisco Park
    DC - Rock Creek Park
    WI - Saint Croix National Scenic River
    MI - Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
    KS - Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
    NV - Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Dorosoma petenense

    UT - Colorado River at Arches National Park
    UT - Colorado River and Green River at Canyonlands National Park
    UT - Colorado River at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah and Arizona
    AZ - Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Esox lucius

    UT - Colorado River at Arches National Park
    CO - Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument
    UT - Colorado River and Green River at Canyonlands National Park
    MD - Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
    UT - Green River at Dinosaur National Monument
    UT - Colorado River at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah and Arizona

Esox masquinongy

    PA - Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area

Esox niger

    ME - Acadia National Park

Etheostoma blennioides

    MD - Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park

Fundulus kansae

    UT - Green River at Dinosaur National Monument

Fundulus zebrinus

    UT - Colorado River at Arches National Park
    UT - Colorado River and Green River at Canyonlands National Park

Gambusia affinis

    UT - Colorado River at Arches National Park
    CO - Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
    UT - Colorado River and Green River at Canyonlands National Park
    UT - Colorado River at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah and Arizona
    HI - Kaloko-Honokohau National Historic Park
    AZ - Lake Mead National Recreation Area
    CA - Presidio of San Francisco Park
    CA - Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
    KS - Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
    NV - Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Gasterosteus aculeatus

    IN - Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore

Gila atraria

    UT - Colorado River at Arches National Park
    UT - Colorado River and Green River at Canyonlands National Park
    UT - Green River at Dinosaur National Monument

Gila orcuttii

    CA - Mojave National Preserve

Gymnocephalus cernua

    WI - Apostle Islands National Lakeshore

Hybognathus hankinsoni

    UT - Colorado River at Arches National Park
    UT - Colorado River and Green River at Canyonlands National Park

Ictalurus punctatus

    UT - Colorado River at Arches National Park
    UT - Colorado River and Green River at Canyonlands National Park
    MD - Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
    UT - Green River at Dinosaur National Monument
    UT - Colorado River at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah and Arizona
    AZ - Lake Mead National Recreation Area
    CA - Presidio of San Francisco Park
    NV - Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Lavinia exilicauda

    CA - Presidio of San Francisco Park

Lepidomeda copei

    UT - Capitol Reef National Park

Lepomis auritus

    TN - Obed Wild and Scenic River

Lepomis cyanellus

    UT - Colorado River at Arches National Park
    WY - Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area (Big Horn Lake?)
    UT - Colorado River and Green River at Canyonlands National Park
    MD - Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
    PA - Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
    UT - Green River at Dinosaur National Monument
    UT - Colorado River at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah and Arizona
    AZ - Lake Mead National Recreation Area
    MA - Minute Man National Historical Park
    CA - Redwood National Park
    DC - Rock Creek Park
    CA - Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
    CA - Sequoia National Park
    CA - Kings Canyon National Park
    NV - Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Lepomis macrochirus

    UT - Colorado River at Arches National Park
    CO - Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
    UT - Colorado River and Green River at Canyonlands National Park
    MD - Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
    UT - Green River at Dinosaur National Monument
    UT - Colorado River at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah and Arizona
    AZ - Lake Mead National Recreation Area
    MT - Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument (Little Bighorn River)
    NJ - Morristown National Historical Park
    DC - Rock Creek Park
    NY - Roosevelt-Vanderbilt Headquarters National Historic Sites [Hyde Park]
    NH - Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site
    CA - Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
    NY - Saratoga National Historical Park
    MN - Voyageurs National Park
    NV - Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Lepomis megalotis

    MD - Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
    VA - Prince William Forest Park
    DC - Rock Creek Park

Lepomis microlophus

    MD - Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park

Limia vittata

    HI - Kaloko-Honokohau National Historic Park

Lutjanus fulvus

    HI - Kaloko-Honokohau National Historic Park
    HI - Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site

Lutjanus kasmira

    HI - Kaloko-Honokohau National Historic Park

Luxilus cornutus

    ME - Acadia National Park

Macrhybopsis meeki

    WI - Saint Croix National Scenic River

Micropterus coosae

    TN - Obed Wild and Scenic River

Micropterus dolomieu

    ME - Acadia National Park
    UT - Colorado River and Green River at Canyonlands National Park
    MA - Cape Cod National Seashore
    MD - Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
    PA - Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
    UT - Green River at Dinosaur National Monument
    UT - Colorado River at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah and Arizona
    OR - John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
    DC - Rock Creek Park
    MN - Voyageurs National Park

Micropterus punctulatus

    CA - Presidio of San Francisco Park

Micropterus salmoides

    ME - Acadia National Park
    UT - Colorado River at Arches National Park
    CO - Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
    WY - Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area (Big Horn Lake?)
    UT - Colorado River and Green River at Canyonlands National Park
    MA - Cape Cod National Seashore
    MD - Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
    PA - Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
    UT - Green River at Dinosaur National Monument
    UT - Colorado River at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah and Arizona
    AZ - Lake Mead National Recreation Area
    VT - Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park
    MT - Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument (Little Bighorn River)
    WA - Olympic National Park
    VA - Prince William Forest Park
    DC - Rock Creek Park
    CA - Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
    CT - Weir Farm National Historic Site
    NV - Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Monopterus albus

    GA - Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area

Morone saxatilis

    UT - Colorado River at Arches National Park
    UT - Colorado River and Green River at Canyonlands National Park
    UT - Colorado River at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah and Arizona
    CA - Golden Gate National Recreation Area
    AZ - Lake Mead National Recreation Area
    CA - Point Reyes National Seashore
    NV - Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Moxostoma erythrurum

    MD - Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park

Mylocheilus caurinus

    CA - Redwood National Park

Neogobius melanostomus

    IN - Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore

Notemigonus crysoleucas

    CA - Golden Gate National Recreation Area
    CA - Redwood National Park
    KS - Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

Notropis stramineus

    UT - Colorado River at Arches National Park
    UT - Colorado River and Green River at Canyonlands National Park
    UT - Green River at Dinosaur National Monument

Oncorhynchus aguabonita

    WA - North Cascades National Park
    CA - Sequoia National Park
    CA - Kings Canyon National Park

Oncorhynchus clarkii

    UT - Green River at Dinosaur National Monument

Oncorhynchus clarkii bouvieri

    MT - Glacier National Park

Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi

    NV - Great Basin National Park

Oncorhynchus clarkii

    AZ - Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi

    WA - Mount Rainier National Park

Oncorhynchus clarkii bouvieri

    CO - Rocky Mountain National Park

Oncorhynchus clarkii

    NV - Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Oncorhynchus gorbuscha

    MI - Isle Royale National Park
    MI -

Oncorhynchus kisutch

    WI - Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
    MN - Grand Portage National Monument
    IN - Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
    MI - Isle Royale National Park
    MI -
    MI - Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Oncorhynchus mykiss

    UT - Colorado River at Arches National Park
    CO - Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument
    UT - Colorado River and Green River at Canyonlands National Park
    MA - Cape Cod National Seashore
    UT - Capitol Reef National Park
    PA - Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
    UT - Green River at Dinosaur National Monument
    MT - Glacier National Park
    UT - Colorado River at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah and Arizona
    MN - Grand Portage National Monument
    WY - Grand Teton National Park
    NV - Great Basin National Park
    IN - Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
    MI - Isle Royale National Park
    AZ - Lake Mead National Recreation Area
    NJ - Morristown National Historical Park
    TN - Obed Wild and Scenic River
    NM - Pecos National Historical Park
    MI -
    CO - Rocky Mountain National Park

Oncorhynchus mykiss whitei

    CA - Sequoia National Park
    CA - Kings Canyon National Park

Oncorhynchus mykiss

    CA - Sequoia National Park
    CA - Kings Canyon National Park
    MI - Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
    MI - Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
    UT - Timpanogos Cave National Monument
    WY - Yellowstone National Park
    UT - Zion National Park (Virgin River)
    NV - Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Oncorhynchus nerka

    UT - Colorado River at Arches National Park
    UT - Colorado River and Green River at Canyonlands National Park
    MT - Glacier National Park
    AZ - Lake Mead National Recreation Area
    WA - Mount Rainier National Park
    NV - Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

    WI - Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
    IN - Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
    MI - Isle Royale National Park
    MI - Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Opisthonema libertate

    NV - Lake Mead National Recreation Area waters

Oreochromis aureus

    FL - Big Cypress National Preserve
    FL - Everglades National Park

Oreochromis macrochir

    HI - Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site
    HI - Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site

Oreochromis mossambicus

    FL - Everglades National Park
    HI - Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site

Orthodon microlepidotus

    CA - Presidio of San Francisco Park

Osmerus mordax

    WI - Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
    MN - Grand Portage National Monument
    IN - Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
    MI - Isle Royale National Park
    MI -
    MI - Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
    MN - Voyageurs National Park

Perca flavescens

    ME - Acadia National Park
    CO - Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
    WY - Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area (Big Horn Lake?)
    TN - Obed Wild and Scenic River
    WA - Olympic National Park

Percina notogramma

    MD - Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park

Petromyzon marinus

    WI - Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
    IN - Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
    MI - Isle Royale National Park
    MI - Lake Superior at Picture Rocks National Lakeshore
    MI - Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Pimephales notatus

    MD - Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park

Pimephales promelas

    UT - Colorado River at Arches National Park
    UT - Colorado River and Green River at Canyonlands National Park
    MD - Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
    UT - Green River at Dinosaur National Monument
    UT - Colorado River at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah and Arizona
    AZ - Lake Mead National Recreation Area
    CA - Presidio of San Francisco Park
    NV - Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Poecilia reticulata

    WY - Grand Teton National Park
    HI - Kaloko-Honokohau National Historic Park

Pomoxis annularis

    CO - Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
    WY - Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area (Big Horn Lake?)
    MD - Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
    CO - Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument

Pomoxis nigromaculatus

    UT - Colorado River at Arches National Park
    CO - Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
    WY - Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area (Big Horn Lake?)
    UT - Colorado River and Green River at Canyonlands National Park
    MD - Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
    PA - Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
    UT - Colorado River at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah and Arizona
    AZ - Lake Mead National Recreation Area
    CA - Redwood National Park
    NV - Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Potamogeton crispus

    WI - Chequamegon Waters Flowage

Pungitius pungitius

    IN - Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore

Richardsonius balteatus

    UT - Green River at Dinosaur National Monument

Salmo salar

    MI - Isle Royale National Park
    MI - Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Salmo trutta

    ME - Acadia National Park
    NE - Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
    WI - Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
    UT - Colorado River at Arches National Park
    UT - Colorado River and Green River at Canyonlands National Park
    MA - Cape Cod National Seashore
    UT - Capitol Reef National Park
    MD - Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
    PA - Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
    UT - Green River at Dinosaur National Monument
    WY - Grand Teton National Park
    MT - Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site
    NV - Great Basin National Park
    IN - Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
    MI - Isle Royale National Park
    AZ - Lake Mead National Recreation Area
    NJ - Morristown National Historical Park
    MI -
    CO - Rocky Mountain National Park
    CA - Sequoia National Park
    CA - Kings Canyon National Park
    MI - Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
    WY - Yellowstone National Park
    NV - Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Salvelinus fontinalis

    MT - Big Hole National Battlefield
    UT - Bryce Canyon National Park
    MT - Glacier National Park
    WY - Grand Teton National Park
    NV - Great Basin National Park
    AZ - Lake Mead National Recreation Area
    WA - Mount Rainier National Park
    WA - Mount Rainier National Park
    WA - Olympic National Park
    CO - Rocky Mountain National Park
    CA - Sequoia National Park
    CA - Kings Canyon National Park
    WY - Yellowstone National Park
    NV - Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Salvelinus fontinalis × namaycush

    MI -
    MI - Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Salvelinus namaycush

    ME - Acadia National Park
    WY - Grand Teton National Park
    WA - Mount Rainier National Park

Sander vitreus

    UT - Colorado River at Arches National Park
    WY - Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area (Big Horn Lake?)
    UT - Colorado River and Green River at Canyonlands National Park
    MD - Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
    OK - Chickasaw National Recreational Area
    PA - Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
    UT - Green River at Dinosaur National Monument
    UT - Colorado River at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah and Arizona
    AZ - Lake Mead National Recreation Area
    NV - Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Scardinius erythrophthalmus

    IN - Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore

Semotilus atromaculatus

    ME - Acadia National Park
    UT - Green River at Dinosaur National Monument

Semotilus corporalis

    ME - Acadia National Park

Thymallus arcticus

    MT - Glacier National Park

Tilapia mariae

    FL - Big Cypress National Preserve
    FL - Everglades National Park

Xiphophorus hellerii

    WY - Grand Teton National Park

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