Information in support of the identification of critical habitat for the Cowichan (Vancouver) lamprey (Entosphenus macrostomus) / Sean MacConnachie and Joy Wade.: Fs70-5/2016-109E-PDF

"Critical habitat is proposed for the Cowichan (Vancouver) Lamprey (Entosphenus macrostomus) in Cowichan and Mesachie lakes, on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The Cowichan Lamprey is currently listed as Threatened on Schedule 1 of the Species at Risk Act under the scientific name Lampetra macrostoma. It was recently reclassified as E. macrostomus by the American Fisheries Society in the 7th edition of the Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the Unites States, Canada, and Mexico. The Cowichan Lamprey is endemic to Cowichan and Mesachie lakes and any habitat that is critical for the survival and recovery for this species should be afforded protection. Given the endemism of the species and the distribution of habitats for various life stages, the critical habitat for the Cowichan Lamprey is recommended as Cowichan and Mesachie lakes in their entirety, the adjoining waterways and 100 metres upstream of tributaries into the lakes"--Abstract, p. v.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
Canada. Ecosystems and Oceans Science.
Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat.
Title Information in support of the identification of critical habitat for the Cowichan (Vancouver) lamprey (Entosphenus macrostomus) / Sean MacConnachie and Joy Wade.
Variant title Title at head of French abstract: Information à l’appui de la désignation de l’habitat essentiel de la lamproie du lac Cowichan (lamproie de Vancouver) (Entosphenus macrostomus)
Series title Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat research document, 1919-5044 ; 2016/109, Pacific Region
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Cover title.
"December 2016."
Includes bibliographic references.
Includes abstract in French.
Publishing information Ottawa : Fisheries and Oceans Canada, c2016.
Author / Contributor MacConnachie, S.
Wade, Joy.
Description vi, 17 p. : col. ill, col. maps
Catalogue number
  • Fs70-5/2016-109E-PDF
Subject terms Endangered species
Salt water fish
Nature conservation
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