COSEWIC assessment and status report on the northern sunfish, Lepomis peltastes, Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations, Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations, in Canada .: CW69-14/732-2016E-PDF

"This is a small-bodied member of the sunfish family that inhabits shallow vegetated areas of warm lakes, ponds, and slowflowing rivers. Its spatial distribution is relatively small and likely patchy. It is suspected that the index of area of occupancy and abundance of the species has declined. Threats are variable across its range with some areas of declining habitat quality and other areas with improving habitat quality. Overall, the threats of siltation, contaminants, and invasive species were assessed as high. The species is likely to become Threatened unless these threats are effectively ameliorated"--Reason for designation (Ontario, Quebec), p. iii.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Canada. Environment Canada.
Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada.
Canadian Wildlife Service.
Title COSEWIC assessment and status report on the northern sunfish, Lepomis peltastes, Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations, Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations, in Canada .
Variant title Northern sunfish, Lepomis peltastes, Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations, Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations, in Canada
COSEWIC status report on the northern sunfish, Lepomis peltastes, Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations, Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations, in Canada
Publication type Monograph
Language [English]
Other language editions [French]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Issued also in French under title: Évaluation et rapport de situation du COSEPAC sur le crapet du Nord, Lepomis peltastes, populations de la rivière Saskatchewan et du fleuve Nelson, populations des Grands Lacs et du haut Saint-Laurent, au Canada.
Cover title.
"Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations - not at risk, Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations - special concern, 2016."
"COSEWIC would like to acknowledge Tim Birt for writing the status report [...]. This report was overseen and edited by John Post, Co-chair of the COSEWIC Freshwater Fishes Subcommittee"--Cf. (p. ii).
Includes bibliographical references (p. 21-24).
Publishing information Ottawa : Environment Canada, c2016.
Author / Contributor Birt, Timothy Peter,1957-
Post, John Robert,1955-
Description xv, 51 p. : col. ill., col. maps
ISBN 978-0-660-05558-9
Catalogue number
  • CW69-14/732-2016E-PDF
Subject terms Endangered species
Freshwater fish
Nature conservation
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