Status of the major aquaculture carps of China in the Laurentian Great Lakes Basin

• DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2020.07.018
• Publication Date: 2020-08-20T03:16:28Z
• Authors: Duane C. Chapman; Amy J. Benson; Holly S. Embke; Nicole R. King; Patrick M. Kočovský; Teresa D. Lewis; Nicholas E. Mandrak
• Keywords: Bighead carp; Hypophthalmichthys; Grass carp

There is concern of economic and environmental damage occuring if any the four major aquacultured carp species China, black Mylopharyngodon piceus, bighead Hypophthalmichthys nobilis, silver H. molitrix, or grass Ctenopharyngodon idella, were to establish in Laurentian Great Lakes. All are reproducing Mississippi River Basin. We review status these fishes relation Lakes their proximity pathways into Lakes, based on captures collections eggs larvae. No have been captured One one within Chicago Area Waterway System, side electric barriers designed keep from entering greater Three Lake Erie, none later than year 2000. By December 2019, at least 650 carps had Basin, most western but Superior. Grass reproduction has documented Sandusky Maumee rivers Ohio, tributaries Erie. also discuss DNA (eDNA) results as an early detection monitoring tool for carps. Detection eDNA does not necessarily indicate presence live fish, bigheaded detected a small proportion samples basin