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
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
Extirpated 2008
COSEWIC
Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada
COSEPAC
Comité sur la situation des espèces en péril au Canada
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
Production note
COSEWIC would like to acknowledges Robert Campbell and the members of the Freshwater Fishes Specialist Subcommittee for updating the 1987 update report on the paddlefish Polyodon spathula.
For additional copies contact:
COSEWIC Secretariat
c/o Canadian Wildlife Service
Environment Canada
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0H3
Tel.: 819-953-3215
Fax: 819-994-3684
COSEWIC E-mail
COSEWIC Website
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
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