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Okaloosa Darter

Population Monitoring of the Federally Threatened Okaloosa Darter at Eglin Air Force Base

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A Deepwater Sculpin from Lake Huron

Fish and Aquatic Species Publications

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Spawing sockeye salmon in a Matanuska River side channel, Alaska

Fish and Aquatic Ecology

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U.S. Geological Survey science vision for native freshwater mussel research in the United States

Data Release
Collage of images of an earthquake, scientists in flood with instruments, a volcano erupting, and seismic illustration.

Surrogate regression model data for estimating nitrate concentrations at six springs in Gooding County, south-central Idaho

Project
ABiKiS Burst Flume

Fish Passage Design and Analysis at the S.O. Conte Research Laboratory

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Species management research program [postcard]

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A Tufted Puffin swimming in the sea in Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska

Seabirds and Forage Fish Ecology

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Micropterus dolomieu (smallmouth bass)

Defining Native Ranges of U.S. Inland Fishes

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Lionfish are spreading through the Western North Atlantic, Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico

Non-native Marine Fishes: Tracking Distributions with the USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

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Brook trout image

Brook trout vulnerability to drought: eastern component of USGS national integrated ecohydrological research

Featured Films and Shorts
Thumbnail text: USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center BSL-3 Laboratory

USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center BSL-3 Laboratory

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Gulf Sturgeon

Sturgeon Occurrence and Behavior in the Outer Continental Shelf

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Effects of twenty-five compounds on four species of aquatic fungi (Saprolegniales) pathogenic to fish

Project
USGS science for a changing world

Investigation Into Mass Mussel Die-off Events

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Sockeye salmon swimming in a circle

Species We Study: Fish

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coiled up eel laying in a fishing net

Eastern Ecological Science Center partnership with Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission

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Toxicity of carbon dioxide to freshwater fishes: Implications for aquatic invasive species management

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Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

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Spawning Reef Restoration for Native Lake Sturegon in St. Clair River

Aquatic Native Species and Habitat Restoration: Custodial Maintenance of Fish Spawning Reefs

Featured Films and Shorts
Screenshot of opening scene of video

The Importance of Aquatic Connectivity for Maintaining Cold-water Species in the Face of Climate Change

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Male atlantic salmon showing a kype in lower jaw

Aquatic Native Species and Habitat Restoration: Restoring native freshwater fish populations

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Antimycin A structure

Comparative Freshwater Fish Toxicity Testing of Antimycin A

Presentations and Events
Title card for webinar: Florida Bonneted Bat Data Submission Workshop (Part 1 Introduction)

Florida Bonneted Bat Data Submission Workshop (Part 1 - Introduction)

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Juvenile Winged Mapleleaf

Evaluate Propagation Efforts and Determine Dispersal Patterns for Quadrula fragosa from Tagged, Artificially Infested Host Fish (Ictalurus punctatus) in the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway (SACN)

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Brooding Winged Mapleleaf displaying its mantle magazine during September in the St. Croix River.

Improving Survival of Juvenile Winged Mapleleaf Mussels (Quadrula fragosa) Through Identification of Host Fish Overwintering Areas

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Hydrologic technician Brian Anderson prepares to launch the Z-boat on the Current River

Physical Stream Dynamics and Native Mussel Habitats

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A lot of small fish from a fyke net set near Kaktovik, AK. Biologists sort through them.

Nearshore Fish Surveys in the Beaufort Sea

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WERC Fisheries Database Info Photo

Pacific Coast Fisheries GIS Resource Database

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A cutthroat trout up close. James Roberts photo. USGS.

Ecological Responses to Fish Reclamation Treatments