What Have We Lost? Modeling Dam Impacts on American Shad Populations Through Their Native Range

American shad (Alosa sapidissima) are native to the east coast of North America from the St. Johns River, Florida, to the St. Lawrence River region in Canada. Since the 1800s, dams have reduced access to spawning habitat. To assess the impact of dams, we estimated the historically accessed spawning...

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Main Authors: Joseph Zydlewski, Daniel S. Stich, Samuel Roy, Michael Bailey, Timothy Sheehan, Kenneth Sprankle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.734213/full