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Assessing Lipid Content In Migrating Alewife, Anthony Zenga May 2020

Assessing Lipid Content In Migrating Alewife, Anthony Zenga

Honors College

Alewife are a commercially, economically, and ecologically important fish, that expend large amounts of energy during their long migrations to spawning habitat. This energy demand can influence an individual’s chances of surviving and reproducing successfully. To understand how energy use may affect fitness, we captured alewife from the Souadabscook Stream over the course of their spawning migration. Fifty fish were sampled each week from May 12th to June 10th 2019. The lipid content of each individual was measured by using i) a Distell Fatmeter and ii) gravimetric analysis by measuring muscle moisture as an indirect method to assess lipid content. …


Off To School In The Atlantic (Tremont, Maine), Matthew E. Bernier Jun 2014

Off To School In The Atlantic (Tremont, Maine), Matthew E. Bernier

The Catch

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Records Of The State Of Maine Department Of Sea And Shore Fisheries, Alewives, 1947-1952, 1965, Maine Department Of Sea And Shore Fisheries Jan 1947

Records Of The State Of Maine Department Of Sea And Shore Fisheries, Alewives, 1947-1952, 1965, Maine Department Of Sea And Shore Fisheries

History of Maine Fisheries

Memos and correspondence of the Maine Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries concerning statistics for alewives, alewife runs, alewife fishing regulations, and the construction of fish ladders, 1947-1952, and 1965.