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Fish Health and Reproductive Studies at Lake Erie Areas of Concern

This is a research project whose primary objective is to assess the health of selected fish species (brown bullhead and largemouth bass) and compare these findings with historic information on fish health in the individual rivers and with concurrent samples collected at reference sites. A secondary objective is to compare and correlate the fish More...

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Environmental Contaminants and their Effects on Fish in the Yukon River Basin

The study described in this report was conducted as part of the USGS Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends (BEST) Program. This project collected, examined, and analyzed 217 fish representing three species at 10 stations in the US portion of the Yukon River Basin (YRB) from May to October 2002. Four sampling sites were located on the More...

  • Aerial view of the Charley River at Yukon

Transmission of Renibacterium Salmoninarum in Pacific Salmonids

Bacterial kidney disease (BKD) is caused by Renibacterium salmoninarum and is considered to be the most difficult salmonid bacterial disease to control, in part because of its dual modes of transmission. This bacterium, unlike most other fish pathogens, is transmitted vertically from parent fish to progeny in association with the eggs, as well as More...

  • Juvenile chinook salmon with bacterial kidney disease (BKD)