Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Assessing consequences of anthropogenic hybridization: Great Lakes mallard movement and resource selection

The release of domesticated animals is resulting in anthropogenic hybridization with their wild congeners and there is concern that these interactions are a risk to conservation. In North America, large-scale releases of domesticated mallards have continued for over a century, ye...

Validation of daily age in Grass Carp reared in tanks and outdoor ponds in the U.S. Midwest

Abstract Objective Accurate and precise age estimation is essential for understanding early life history, recruitment, and population dynamics in fish. However, daily otolith increment deposition has not been validated for Grass Carp Ctenopharyngodon idella in the Midwestern Unit...