Broad whitefish (Coregonus nasus) distribution and status by HUC8

Aug 7, 2012 (Last modified Feb 18, 2022)
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Broad whitefish (Coregonus nasus) status data created for the Western Division of the American Fisheries Society (WDAFS)

Harris, L.N. and Taylor, E.B., 2010. Genetic population structure of broad whitefish, Coregonus nasus, from the Mackenzie River, Northwest Territories: implications for subsistence fishery management. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 67: 905-918.

VanGerwen-Toyne, M., Tallman, R.F. and Gillis, D., 2012. Comparison of life history traits between anadromous and lacustrine stocks of broad whitefish (Coregonus nasus): An intra-specific test of Roff’s hypothesis. Advances in Limnology 63: 159-173.

Alt, K.T., 1976. Age and growth of Alaskan broad whitefish, Coregonus nasus. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society,105: 526-528.

Tallman, R.F., Abrahams, M.V. and Chudobiak, D.H., 2002. Migration and life history alternatives in a high latitude species, the broad whitefish, Coregonus nasus Pallas. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 11: 101-111.

Lindsey, C.C., 1962. Distinctions between the broad whitefish, Coregonus nasus, and other North American whitefishes. Journal of the Fisheries Board of Canada 19: 687-714.
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US watershed boundaries from USGS - http://water.usgs.gov/GIS/huc.html, Canada watershed boundaries from Ministry on Sustainable Resource Management’s Fisheries Inventory Watershed Atlas - http://srmwww.gov.bc.ca/gis/GISdata.html, Mexico fish distributions from Freshwater Fishes of Mexico (Miller and Minckley 2006), US fish distributions from each state's respective fish agency, Additional information may come from peer-reviewed literature, grey literature and agency reports, and scientific collection permit catch records
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