scholarly journals Sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) transit of a ramp equipped with studded substrate: Implications for fish passage and invasive species control

2020 ◽  
Vol 155 ◽  
pp. 105957 ◽  
Author(s):  
John B. Hume ◽  
Martyn C. Lucas ◽  
Ulrich Reinhardt ◽  
Peter J. Hrodey ◽  
C. Michael Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Invasive Species ◽  
Petromyzon Marinus ◽  
Fish Passage ◽  
Sea Lamprey ◽  
Invasive Species Control

Olfactory-mediated stream-finding behavior of migratory adult sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus)

2011 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 523-533 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lance A. Vrieze ◽  
Roger A. Bergstedt ◽  
Peter W. Sorensen
Keyword(s):  
Invasive Species ◽  
Great Lakes ◽  
River Water ◽  
Petromyzon Marinus ◽  
River Mouth ◽  
Sea Lamprey ◽  
Anadromous Fish ◽  
Three Phase ◽  
Sea Lampreys ◽  
Novel Strategy

Stream-finding behavior of adult sea lamprey ( Petromyzon marinus ), an anadromous fish that relies on pheromones to locate spawning streams, was documented in the vicinity of an important spawning river in the Great Lakes. Untreated and anosmic migrating sea lampreys were implanted with acoustic transmitters and then released outside the Ocqueoc River. Lampreys swam only at night and then actively. When outside of the river plume, lampreys pursued relatively straight bearings parallel to the shoreline while making frequent vertical excursions. In contrast, when within the plume, lampreys made large turns and exhibited a weak bias towards the river mouth, which one-third of them entered. The behavior of anosmic lampreys resembled that of untreated lampreys outside of the plume, except they pursued a more northerly compass bearing. To locate streams, sea lampreys appear to employ a three-phase odor-mediated strategy that involves an initial search along shorelines while casting vertically, followed by river-water-induced turning that brings them close to the river’s mouth, which they then enter using rheotaxis. This novel strategy differs from that of salmonids and appears to offer this poor swimmer adaptive flexibility and suggests ways that pheromonal odors might be used to manage this invasive species.

scholarly journals Population ecology of the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) as an invasive species in the Laurentian Great Lakes and an imperiled species in Europe

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 509-535 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Hansen ◽  
Charles P. Madenjian ◽  
Jeffrey W. Slade ◽  
Todd B. Steeves ◽  
Pedro R. Almeida ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Invasive Species ◽  
Great Lakes ◽  
Population Ecology ◽  
Petromyzon Marinus ◽  
Sea Lamprey ◽  
Laurentian Great Lakes ◽  
Imperiled Species

Behavioral responses of sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) and white sucker (Catostomus commersonii) to turbulent flow during fishway passage attempts

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean Alois Lewandoski ◽  
Peter J Hrodey ◽  
Scott M. Miehls ◽  
Paul Piszczek ◽  
Daniel P Zielinski
Keyword(s):  
Turbulent Flow ◽  
Petromyzon Marinus ◽  
Capture Rate ◽  
Fish Passage ◽  
Sea Lamprey ◽  
White Sucker ◽  
Dynamics Modeling ◽  
Great Lakes Basin ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling ◽  
Competing Risks Analysis

An understanding of how undesirable and desirable fish species respond behaviorally to turbulent flow in fishways would guide development of selective fish passage techniques. We applied high resolution computational fluid dynamics modeling and competing risks analysis towards the development of predictive selective passage models. Sea lamprey <i>Petromyzon marinus</i> (an invasive fish in the Great Lakes Basin, North America) upstream passage probability declined from 0.73 to 0.03 as flow conditions became increasingly turbulent, while declines in white sucker <i>Catostomus commersonii </i>(a native fish in the region) upstream passage probability were less substantial (0.53 to 0.44). Deploying a sea lamprey trap in the fishway did not effectively reduce sea lamprey upstream passage probability, though capture rate increased during trials with cooler water temperature and low total kinetic energy. Bifurcated fishways that maintain low turbulent flow in the entrapment route and high turbulent flow in the upstream passage route could increase the effectiveness of trapping sea lamprey in fishways as a means to advance selective passage goals.

A deathly odor suggests a new sustainable tool for controlling a costly invasive species

2011 ◽  
Vol 68 (7) ◽  
pp. 1157-1160 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Michael Wagner ◽  
Eric M. Stroud ◽  
Trevor D. Meckley
Keyword(s):  
Invasive Species ◽  
Great Lakes ◽  
Behavioral Response ◽  
Petromyzon Marinus ◽  
Soxhlet Extraction ◽  
Control Program ◽  
Sea Lamprey ◽  
Laurentian Great Lakes ◽  
Sea Lampreys

Here we confirm a long-standing anecdotal observation; the sea lamprey ( Petromyzon marinus ) actively avoids the odor emitted by decaying conspecifics. We extracted the semiochemical mixture produced by the putrefying carcasses of sea lampreys via Soxhlet extraction in ethanol and exposed groups of 10 migratory-phase lampreys to either the putrefaction extract (N = 8) or an ethanol control (N = 8) in a laboratory raceway. Sea lampreys rapidly avoided the putrefaction odor while exhibiting no response to the ethanol control. This response was elicited with a diluted mixture (1:373 000) and was maintained for 40 min (the duration of exposure), after which the lampreys quickly returned to their nominal distribution. The ease with which this odor is obtained, and the rapid and consistent behavioral response, suggests the substance will prove useful as a repellent in the sea lamprey control program carried out in the Laurentian Great Lakes.

A behavioural framework for trapping success and its application to invasive sea lamprey

2013 ◽  
Vol 70 (10) ◽  
pp. 1438-1446 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gale A. Bravener ◽  
Robert L. McLaughlin
Keyword(s):  
Invasive Species ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Analytical Methods ◽  
River Discharge ◽  
Markov Models ◽  
Petromyzon Marinus ◽  
Sea Lamprey ◽  
Time Of Day ◽  
Release Date ◽  
Factors Influencing

Scientific advances are needed to contend with invasive species. Trapping is often used for control or assessment, and understanding the invasive species’ behaviour is important for trapping success. A framework linking behaviour to trapping success and management responses was used to test hypotheses for the low trapping success of invasive sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) in the St. Marys River connecting Lakes Superior and Huron. Behaviour of sea lamprey approaching and at traps was quantified using external and internal tags and video. Multistate Markov models identified phenotypic and environmental factors influencing trapping success. Low trapping success for invasive sea lamprey in the St. Marys River is due to individuals not encountering traps, not entering upon encounter, not remaining at the trap, and not returning upon departure. All trapped lamprey were retained. Encounter with, and entrance into, traps varied with sea lamprey class, release date, and time of day, but not body length or river discharge. The conceptual and analytical methods applied here could be used to understand and improve trapping success for other invasive animals.

scholarly journals Spatial mismatch between sea lamprey behaviour and trap location explains low success at trapping for control

2017 ◽  
Vol 74 (12) ◽  
pp. 2085-2097 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew M. Rous ◽  
Adrienne R. McLean ◽  
Jessica Barber ◽  
Gale Bravener ◽  
Theodore Castro-Santos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Invasive Species ◽  
Petromyzon Marinus ◽  
Space Use ◽  
Sea Lamprey ◽  
Effective Control ◽  
Environmental Features ◽  
Sea Lampreys ◽  
The Face ◽  
Trap Location ◽  
Low Probability

Crucial to the management of invasive species is understanding space use and the environmental features affecting space use. Improved understanding of space use by invasive sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) could help researchers discern why trap success in large rivers is lower than needed for effective control. We tested whether manipulating discharge nightly could increase trap success at a hydroelectric generating station on the St. Marys River. We quantified numbers of acoustically tagged sea lampreys migrating up to, and their space use at, the hydroelectric generating station. In 2011 and 2012, 78% and 68%, respectively, of tagged sea lampreys reached the generating station. Sea lampreys were active along the face, but more likely to occur at the bottom and away from the traps near the surface, especially when discharge was high. Our findings suggest that a low probability of encountering traps was due to spatial (vertical) mismatch between space use by sea lamprey and trap locations and that increasing discharge did not alter space use in ways that increased trap encounter. Understanding space use by invasive species can help managers assess the efficacy of trapping and ways of improving trapping success.

Application of a putative alarm cue hastens the arrival of invasive sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) at a trapping location

2015 ◽  
Vol 72 (12) ◽  
pp. 1799-1806 ◽  
Author(s):  
John B. Hume ◽  
Trevor D. Meckley ◽  
Nicholas S. Johnson ◽  
Thomas M. Luhring ◽  
Michael J. Siefkes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Great Lakes ◽  
Petromyzon Marinus ◽  
Capture Rate ◽  
Fish Passage ◽  
Sea Lamprey ◽  
Invasive Pest ◽  
Great Lakes Basin ◽  
Alarm Cue ◽  
Trap Entrance

The sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus is an invasive pest in the Laurentian Great Lakes basin, threatening the persistence of important commercial and recreational fisheries. There is substantial interest in developing effective trapping practices via the application of behavior-modifying semiochemicals (odors). Here we report on the effectiveness of utilizing repellent and attractant odors in a push–pull configuration, commonly employed to tackle invertebrate pests, to improve trapping efficacy at permanent barriers to sea lamprey migration. When a half-stream channel was activated by a naturally derived repellent odor (a putative alarm cue), we found that sea lamprey located a trap entrance significantly faster than when no odor was present as a result of their redistribution within the stream. The presence of a partial sex pheromone, acting as an attractant within the trap, was not found to further decrease the time to when sea lamprey located a trap entrance relative to when the alarm cue alone was applied. Neither the application of alarm cue singly nor alarm cue and partial sex pheromone in combination was found to improve the numbers of sea lamprey captured in the trap versus when no odor was present — likely because nominal capture rate during control trials was unusually high during the study period. Behavioural guidance using these odors has the potential to both improve control of invasive non-native sea lamprey in the Great Lakes as well as improving the efficiency of fish passage devices used in the restoration of threatened lamprey species elsewhere.

scholarly journals Rapid evolution meets invasive species control: the potential for pesticide resistance in sea lamprey

2018 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 152-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin S. Dunlop ◽  
Rob McLaughlin ◽  
Jean V. Adams ◽  
Michael Jones ◽  
Oana Birceanu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Invasive Species ◽  
Rapid Evolution ◽  
Sea Lamprey ◽  
Aquatic Invasive Species ◽  
Toxicity Data ◽  
Resistance Strategies ◽  
Invasive Species Control ◽  
Behavioural Resistance ◽  
Wildlife Populations ◽  
And Control

Rapid evolution of pest, pathogen, and wildlife populations can have undesirable effects, for example, when insects evolve resistance to pesticides or fishes evolve smaller body size in response to harvest. A destructive invasive species in the Laurentian Great Lakes, the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) has been controlled with the pesticide 3-trifluoromethyl-4-nitrophenol (TFM) since the 1950s. We evaluated the likelihood of sea lamprey evolving resistance to TFM by (i) reviewing sea lamprey life history and control; (ii) identifying physiological and behavioural resistance strategies; (iii) estimating the strength of selection from TFM; (iv) assessing the timeline for evolution; and (v) analyzing historical toxicity data for evidence of resistance. The number of sea lamprey generations exposed to TFM was within the range observed for fish populations where rapid evolution has occurred. Mortality from TFM was estimated as 82%–90%, suggesting significant selective pressure. However, 57 years of toxicity data revealed no increase in lethal concentrations of TFM. Vigilance and the development of alternative controls are required to prevent this aquatic invasive species from evolving strategies to evade control.

Balancing Aquatic Habitat Fragmentation and Control of Invasive Species: Enhancing Selective Fish Passage at Sea Lamprey Control Barriers

2009 ◽  
Vol 138 (3) ◽  
pp. 652-665 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. C. Pratt ◽  
L. M. O'Connor ◽  
A. G. Hallett ◽  
R. L. McLaughlin ◽  
C. Katopodis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Invasive Species ◽  
Habitat Fragmentation ◽  
Fish Passage ◽  
Sea Lamprey ◽  
Aquatic Habitat ◽  
And Control
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