Rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) distribution and status by HUC8

Jul 27, 2011 (Last modified Jan 4, 2022)
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Rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) status data created for the Western Division of the American Fisheries Society (WDAFS)

Evans, D.O. and D.H. Loftus. 1987. Colonization of inland lakes in the great lakes region by rainbow smelt, Osmerus mordax: their freshwater niche and effects on indigenous fishes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 44:249-266.

Gorman, O.T. 2007. Changes in a population of exotic rainbow smelt in Lake Superior: boom to bust, 1974-2005. Journal of Great Lakes Research 33:75-90.

Jones, M.S., J.P. Goettl Jr, and S.A. Flickinger. 1994. Changes in walleye food habits and growth following a rainbow smelt introduction. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 14:409-414.

Pothoven, S.A., H.A. Vanderploeg, S.A. Ludsin, T.O. Hook, and S.B. Brandt. 2009. Feeding ecology of emerald shiners and rainbow smelt in central Lake Eerie. Journal of Great Lakes Research 35:190-198.

Selgeby, J.H., W.R. MacCallum, and D.V. Swedburg. 1978. Predation by rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) on lake herring (Coregonus artedii) in western Lake Superior. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 35:1457-1463.
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US watershed boundaries from USGS - http://water.usgs.gov/GIS/huc.html
Canada watershed boundaries from Ministry on Sustainable Resource Management’s Fisheries Inventory Watershed Atlas - http://srmwww.gov.bc.ca/gis/GISdata.html
Mexico fish distributions from Freshwater Fishes of Mexico (Miller and Minckley 2006)
US fish distributions from each state's respective fish agency
Additional information may come from peer-reviewed literature, grey literature and agency reports, and scientific collection permit catch records
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