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Population Ecology of the Sea Lamprey (Petromyzon Marinus) As an Invasive Species in the Laurentian Great Lakes and an Imperiled Species in Europe Population ecology of the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) as an invasive species in the Laurentian Great Lakes and an imperiled species in Europe Michael J. Hansen, Charles P. Madenjian, Jeffrey W. Slade, Todd B. Steeves, Pedro R. Almeida & Bernardo R. Quintella Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries ISSN 0960-3166 Rev Fish Biol Fisheries DOI 10.1007/s11160-016-9440-3 1 23 Your article is published under the Creative Commons Attribution license which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works, as long as the author of the original work is cited. You may self- archive this article on your own website, an institutional repository or funder’s repository and make it publicly available immediately. 1 23 Rev Fish Biol Fisheries DOI 10.1007/s11160-016-9440-3 REVIEWS Population ecology of the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) as an invasive species in the Laurentian Great Lakes and an imperiled species in Europe Michael J. Hansen . Charles P. Madenjian . Jeffrey W. Slade . Todd B. Steeves . Pedro R. Almeida . Bernardo R. Quintella Received: 3 December 2015 / Accepted: 16 June 2016 Ó The Author(s) 2016. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com Abstract The sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus lamprey population ecology are particularly useful for (Linnaeus) is both an invasive non-native species in both control programs in the Great Lakes and restora- the Laurentian Great Lakes of North America and an tion programs in the native range. First, traps within imperiled species in much of its native range in North fish ladders are beneficial for removing sea lampreys America and Europe. To compare and contrast how in Great Lakes streams and passing sea lampreys in the understanding of population ecology is useful for native range. Second, attractants and repellants are control programs in the Great Lakes and restoration suitable for luring sea lampreys into traps for control in programs in Europe, we review current understanding the Great Lakes and guiding sea lamprey passage for of the population ecology of the sea lamprey in its conservation in the native range. Third, assessment native and introduced range. Some attributes of sea methods used for targeting sea lamprey control in the Great Lakes are useful for targeting habitat protection in the native range. Last, assessment methods used to Jeffrey W. Slade was retired from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ludington Biological Station, 229 S. Jebavy Drive, quantify numbers of all life stages of sea lampreys Ludington, Michigan 49431, USA. M. J. Hansen (&) P. R. Almeida Hammond Bay Biological Station, Great Lakes Science Departamento de Biologia, Escola de Cieˆncias e Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 11188 Ray Road, Tecnologia, MARE – Centro de Cieˆncias do Mar e do Millersburg, MI 49759, USA Ambiente, Universidade de E´ vora, Largo dos Colegiais, e-mail: [email protected] 7004-516 E´ vora, Portugal e-mail: [email protected] C. P. Madenjian Great Lakes Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, B. R. Quintella 1451 Green Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA Departamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de e-mail: [email protected] Cieˆncias, MARE – Centro de Cieˆncias do Mar e do Ambiente, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, J. W. Slade 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal Ludington, MI, USA e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] T. B. Steeves Sea Lamprey Control Centre, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 1219 Queen St. East, Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6A 2E5, Canada e-mail: [email protected] 123 Rev Fish Biol Fisheries would be appropriate for measuring success of control migration, and later with a selective pesticide, 3-tri- in the Great Lakes and success of conservation in the fluoromethyl-4-nitrophenol (TFM; Smith and Tibbles native range. 1980). Suppression of sea lamprey populations con- tinues to rely on TFM, but was expanded to also Keywords Sea lamprey Á Population ecology Á include use of an integrated program of physical Management Á Conservation (barriers and traps) and biological (sterile-male releases) control methods (Christie and Goddard 2003), although sterile-male releases were suspended until further research could be completed to confirm its Introduction efficacy. In its native range, the sea lamprey is considered The sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus (Linnaeus) is threatened in France, Spain, and Portugal, European both an invasive exotic species in the Laurentian Great countries where the main populations are found, Lakes of North America and an imperiled species in although the species is considered of Least Concern much of its native range along the north Atlantic coasts according to the International Union for Conservation of North America and Europe (Fig. 1). In the Lauren- of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, and tian Great Lakes, the sea lamprey evidently invaded the European Red List of Freshwater Fishes (Mateus the Great Lakes from the Atlantic Ocean (Christie and et al. 2012). The sea lamprey is highly valued as a food Goddard 2003; Eshenroder 2014), and were first found fish where populations are large enough to be in Lake Ontario in 1835 (although this date has been exploited (Quintella 2006), so commercial overfishing disputed by Eshenroder 2014), Lake Erie in 1921, is a serious threat for the species in areas such as the Lake Michigan in 1936, Lake Huron in 1937, and Lake Iberian Peninsula (Mateus et al. 2012) and elsewhere Superior in 1938 (Applegate 1950; Lawrie 1970; in Europe (Maitland et al. 2015). In general, however, Smith 1979; Smith and Tibbles 1980; Smith 1985). By the sea lamprey has declined over the last 25 years in the 1950s, sea lampreys were abundant in all Great Europe from a combination of (1) habitat loss Lakes, where they imposed high mortality on nearly associated with dam construction, (2) degradation of all teleost species, but especially the lake trout water quality from mining, industrial, and urban Salvelinus namaycush (Hansen 1999). Control of sea development, (3) direct loss of habitat by sand lamprey populations began in the 1950s, initially with extraction and dredging, (4) overfishing, and (5) mechanical and electrical barriers to upstream changes in water quality (temperature) and quantity Fig. 1 Worldwide distribution of native (black shading North Atlantic Ocean) and non-native (gray shading Laurentian Great Lakes, North America) sea lamprey populations 123 Rev Fish Biol Fisheries associated with climate change (Mateus et al. 2012). life burrowed in river sediments and are mostly To enable population recovery, lost or damaged sedentary. Osmotic, bioenergetics, and predation- habitat must be restored, while sustainably managing exposure costs in moving between riverine and commercial fisheries (Mateus et al. 2012). oceanic or lake ecosystems are compensated by a The purpose of this review is to synthesize and reduced predation on early life stages in riverine relate the state of knowledge concerning the popula- environments and access to greater trophic resources tion ecology of sea lamprey between Continents, to in marine or lake environments (Gross 1987). For the increase understanding of how knowledge of popula- sea lamprey, in particular, richness of the marine or tion ecology bears on control programs in the Great lake diet is measured not only in terms of numbers of Lakes and restoration programs in Europe. First, potential host species and individuals, but also the size current understanding of the life cycle is reviewed, of parasitized species needed to sustain an adult sea including adult life stage, reproduction, larval life lamprey. stage, metamorphosis, juvenile life stage, feeding, and Debate regarding the native or non-native origin of effects on host species, pointing out when present sea lampreys in Lake Ontario continues (Siefkes et al. differences between North American versus European 2013; Eshenroder 2014), but once established in the populations and/or landlocked versus anadromous upper Great Lakes, sea lampreys spread rapidly to form. Second, implications for future status of the reproduce in *500 Great Lakes tributaries (Lake species are reviewed, including how global climate Superior = 161, Lake Michigan = 126, Lake change will affect sea lamprey population ecology in Huron = 122, Lake Erie = 23 and Lake Ontar- the Great Lakes and Europe, which attributes of sea io = 66). Following their invasion, sea lampreys lamprey population ecology can be used to control spread rapidly throughout the five Laurentian Great populations in the Great Lakes, which attributes of sea Lakes and are now found in streams of Minnesota lamprey population ecology can be used to restore and (Eddy and Underhill 1974), Wisconsin (Becker 1983), conserve populations in Europe, which attributes of Michigan (Applegate 1950), Illinois (Smith 1979), sea lamprey population ecology are in need of further Indiana (Gerking 1955), Ohio (Trautman 1981), study for management of the species worldwide, and Pennsylvania (Emery 1985), New York (Smith how understanding of population ecology bears on 1985), and throughout Ontario (Adair and Sullivan both control programs in the Great Lakes and restora- 2013). As evidenced by marking on host fishes, tion programs in Europe. For each topic below, we juveniles are distributed throughout open waters of attempted to include information for both non-native all Great Lakes, and larvae are currently distributed in populations in the Laurentian Great Lakes and native streams from eastern Lake Ontario to western Lake populations in Europe, although gaps in available Superior. information prevented complete coverage of all topics in both the Great Lakes and Europe. Adult life stage Overview Following completion of their 1–2 year-long marine trophic phase (Beamish 1980; Silva et al. 2013a, b), Lampreys have an unusual life cycle for a vertebrate anadromous adult sea lampreys migrate upstream to because of a relatively long larval life stage and a river stretches where they build nests, spawn, and die relatively short adult life stage. A complete life cycle (Larsen 1980; Moser et al.
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