Biology, management, and conservation of lampreys in North America /

"Lampreys represent an ancient lineage extending back to the ostracoderms and are one of the most successful groups of living fishes. Perhaps best known for feeding on and killing bony fishes valued by humans, such as salmonids, lampreys exhibit a variety of fascinating life histories. Most lam...

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Corporate Author: Biology and Conservation of Lampreys in North America San Francisco, Calif.
Other Authors: Brown, Larry R (Editor)
Format: Conference Proceeding Book
Language:English
Published: Bethesda, Md. : American Fisheries Society, 2009
Series:American Fisheries Society symposium ; 72
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Table of Contents:
  • Yurok and Karuk traditional ecological knowledge: insights into Pacific lamprey populations of the Lower Klamath Basin / Robin S. Petersen Lewis
  • Novel relationships among lampreys (Petromyzontiformes) revealed by a taxonomically comprehensive molecular data set / Nicholas J. Lang ... [et al.]
  • Insight from lamprey genomics: brain and pituitary reproductive hormones of lampreys / Stacia A. Sower, Mihael Freamat, and Scott I. Kavanaugh
  • A review of the evolution of nonparasitism in lampreys and an update of the paired species concept / Margaret F. Docker
  • Passage considerations for anadromous lampreys / Mary L. Moser and Matthew G. Mesa
  • Ability of adult sea lamprey to climb inclined surfaces / Ulrich G. Reinhardt, Thomas Binder, and D. Gordon McDonald
  • Predation on lampreys / Philip A. Cochran
  • Spawning distribution and habitat use of adult Pacific and western brook lampreys in Smith River, Oregon / Stephanie L. Gunckel, Kim K. Jones, and Steven E. Jacobs
  • A field study to investigate repeat homing in Pacific lampreys / Douglas R. Hatch and John M. Whiteaker
  • Approaches for monitoring Pacific lamprey spawning populations in a coastal Oregon stream / Abel F. Brumo ... [et al.]
  • Morphological diagnosis of Entosphenus and Lampetra ammocoetes (Petromyzontidae) in Washington, Oregon, and California / Damon Goodman ... [et al.]
  • Lessons from the reintroduction of a noncharismatic, migratory fish: Pacific lamprey in the upper Umatilla River, Oregon / David A. Close ... [et al.]
  • Considering Pacific lampreys when implementing instream activities / Bianca Streif
  • Current status and distribution of the Pacific lamprey south of Point Conception, southern coastal California, USA / Camm C. Swift and Steve R. Howard
  • Status and conservation of lampreys in California / Peter B. Moyle ... [et al.]
  • Taxonomy, distribution, and conservation of lampreys in Canada / Claude B. Renaud, Margaret F. Docker, and Nicholas E. Mandrak
  • Critical uncertainties and research needs for the restoration and conservation of native lampreys in North America / Matthew G. Mesa and Elizabeth S. Copeland