Archive of Morphological Data for the Coregonus artedi Species Complex of the Great Lakes, Lake Nipigon, and Great Slave Lake
Authors
Randy L. Eshenroder, Jonah Pollens-Dempsey, Thomas C. Pratt, Nicholas E. Mandrak, Thomas N. Todd , Timothy P. O’Brien, Scott M. Reid, Chris M. Olds, Whitney Woelmer, Yu-Chun Kao, Daniel L. Yule, Brian P. O’Malley, Paul Vecsei, Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, and Andrew M. MuirRandy L. Eshenroder, Jonah Pollens-Dempsey, Thomas C. Pratt, Nicholas E. Mandrak, Thomas N. Todd , Timothy P. O’Brien, Scott M. Reid, Chris M. Olds, Whitney Woelmer, Yu-Chun Kao, Daniel L. Yule, Brian P. O’Malley, Paul Vecsei, Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, and Andrew M. Muir
Citation
Eshenroder, R. L., J. Pollens-Dempsey, T. C. Pratt, N. E. Mandrak, T. N. Todd, S. M. Reid, C. M. Olds, W. Woelmer, Y. C. Kao, D. L. Yule, B. P. O’Malley, P. Vecsei, Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, and A. M. Muir. Archive of morphological data for the Coregonus artedi species complex of the Great Lakes, Lake Nipigon, and Great Slave Lake. Great Lakes Fishery Commission, Laurentian 2025-01.
Abstract
This publication is a user guide for an archive of morphological data recorded by various authors from North American ciscoes of the Coregonus artedi species complex (subfamily Coregoninae). The archive is accessible from the Great Lakes Fishery Commission’s (GLFC) server, is open access, and contains data for the Laurentian Great Lakes; Lake Nipigon, Ontario; and Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories. The archive comprises morphometrics and meristics (together metrics) for 6,700 individual Cisco of which 1,400 are accompanied by images. In addition, the archive contains metrics presented as arrays by W. N. Koelz, Coregonid fishes of the Great Lakes, Bulletin of the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries 43(2):297-643, which were based on 10,000 individuals. Spreadsheets in the Metrics folder of the archive are divided broadly into Contemporary and Historical subfolders and the Contemporary subfolder is further divided into Cisco Monograph and Extra Monograph subfolders to encourage statistical assessment of findings in GLFC Miscellaneous Publication 2023. The Images folder is organized into subfolders by lake. Tables in this user guide allow for quick determination of the availability of data by lake, subspecies, author, and year.
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