Paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) COSEWIC assessment and status report

Official title: COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the Paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) in Canada COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report on the Paddlefish Polyodon spathula in Canada

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Table of contents

• Assessment Summary
• Executive Summary
• Species Information
• Distribution
• Habitat
• Biology
• Population Sizes and Trends
• Limiting Factors and Threats
• Special Significance of the Species
• Existing Protection or Other Status Designations
• Technical Summary
• Acknowledgements
• Information Sources
• Biographical Summary of Report Writer
• Authorities Consulted and Personal Communications
• Collections Examined

COSEWIC status reports are working documents used in assigning the status of wildlife species suspected of being at risk. This report may be cited as follows:

COSEWIC. 2008. COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the paddlefish Polyodon spathula in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. vi + 20 pp.

Previous reports

COSEWIC. 2000. COSEWIC assessment and status report on the paddlefish Polyodon spathula in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. vi + 9 pp.

Parker, B. 1987. COSEWIC status report on the paddlefish Polyodon spathula in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. 1-9 pp

Également disponible en français sous le titre Évaluation et Rapport de situation du COSEPAC sur le spatulaire (Polyodon spathula) au Canada – Mise à jour.

Cover illustration

Paddlefish – Illustration by Susan Laurie Bourque, reproduced with permission, Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada.78-0-662-48896-5

©Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, 2008.
Catalogue N°CW69-14/101-2008E-PDF
ISBN978-0-662-48896-5