Fourhorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus quadricornis) distribution and status by HUC8

Aug 15, 2012 (Last modified Mar 29, 2022)
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Fourhorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus quadricornis) status data created for the Western Division of the American Fisheries Society (WDAFS)

Bengtsson, Å., Bengtsson, B.E. and Lithner, G., 1988. Vertebral defects in fourhorn sculpin, Myoxocephalus quadricornis L., exposed to heavy metal pollution in the Gulf of Bothnia. Journal of Fish Biology 33: 517-529.

Dyck, M.G. and Romberg, S., 2007. Observations of a wild polar bear (Ursus maritimus) successfully fishing Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) and Fourhorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus quadricornis). Polar Biology 30: 1625-1628.

Gyllensten, U. and Ryman, N., 1988. Biochemical genetic variation and population structure of fourhorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus quadricornis; Cottidae) in Scandinavia. Hereditas 108: 179-185.

Dickman, M., 1995. An isolated population of fourhorn sculpins (Myoxocephalus quadricornis, Family Cottidae) in a hypersaline high Arctic Canadian lake. Hydrobiologia 312: 27-35.

Savolainen, E., 1975, January. Distribution and food of Myoxocephalus quadricornis (L.)(Teleostei, Cottidae) in fresh waters of eastern Finland. In Annales Zoologici Fennici (pp. 271-274). Societas Biologica Fennica Vanamo.
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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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