Recovery potential modelling of pygmy whitefish (Prosopium coulterii) in Canada (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations) / Adam S. van der Lee and Marten A. Koops.: Fs70-5/2021-026E-PDF

"The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) has assessed the Great Lakes-Upper St. Lawrence populations (DU 5) of Pygmy Whitefish (PWF, Prosopium coulterii) in Canada as Threatened. Here population modelling is presented to assess the impacts of harm and determine abundance and habitat recovery targets in support of a recovery potential assessment (RPA). This analysis demonstrated that PWF populations were most sensitive to perturbations to juvenile survival. Population viability analysis was used to identify potential recovery targets. Demographic sustainability, (i.e., a self-sustaining population over the long term) can be achieved with adult female population sizes of ~ 430 to 4,000 or ~ 8.4 to 75 kg of whole population age-1+ biomass depending on catastrophe frequency and desired persistence probability. The population would require up to ~ 21 km² of habitat"--Abstract, page iv.

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Department/Agency Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat, issuing body.
Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Central and Arctic Region, issuing body.
Title Recovery potential modelling of pygmy whitefish (Prosopium coulterii) in Canada (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations) / Adam S. van der Lee and Marten A. Koops.
Series title Research document, 1919-5044 ; 2021/026
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Other language editions [French]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Issued also in French under title: Modélisation du potentiel de rétablissement du corégone pygmée (Prosopium coulterii) au Canada (populations des Grands Lacs et du haut Saint-Laurent).
Includes bibliographical references (pages 19-20).
Publishing information Ottawa ON : Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat (CSAS), April 2021.
©2021
Author / Contributor Lee, Adam S. van der, author.
Description 1 online resource (iv, 20 pages) : illustrations (some colour), colour map.
ISBN 9780660383507
Catalogue number
  • Fs70-5/2021-026E-PDF
Subject terms Pygmy whitefish -- Conservation -- Superior, Lake.
Wildlife recovery -- Superior, Lake.
Fish populations -- Superior, Lake -- Mathematical models.
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