Lake Ontario and Great Lakes kiyi COSEWIC assessment and status report
Official title: COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the Lake Ontario kiyi and Upper Great Lakes kiyi in Canada COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report on the Lake Ontario Kiyi Coregonus Kiyi Orientalis and Upper Great Lakes Kiyi Coregonus Kiyi Kiyi 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: Coregonus kiyi orientalis
- Technical Summary: Coregonus kiyi kiyi
- Acknowledgements and Authorities Contacted
- Literature Cited
- Biographical Summary of Report Writer
- Collections Examined
Lake Ontario Kiyi - Extinct
Upper Great Lakes Kiyi - Special concern 2005
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 2005. COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the Lake Ontario kiyi Coregonus kiyi orientalis and Upper Great Lakes kiyi Coregonus kiyi kiyi in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. vi + 17 pp.
Previous report
Parker, B. 1988. COSEWIC status report on the kiyi Coregonus kiyi in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. 1-18 pp.
Production note
COSEWIC would like to acknowledge Nicholas E. Mandrak for writing the update status report on the kiyi Coregonus kiyiprepared under contract with Environment Canada, overseen and edited by Bob Campbell, the COSEWIC Freshwater Fish Species Specialist Subcommittee Co-chair. Partial funding for the preparation of this status report was also provided by Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
For additional copies contact:
COSEWIC Secretariat
c/o Canadian Wildlife Service
Environment Canada
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0H3
Tel.: (819) 997-4991 / (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 kiyi du lac Ontario (Coregonus kiyi orientalis) et le kiyi du secteur supérieur des Grands Lacs (Coregonus kiyi kiyi) au Canada - Mise à jour.
Cover illustration
Kiyi – Illustration by Joe Tomelleri. Reproduced with permission of Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
©Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada 2005
Catalogue No. CW69-14/431-2005E-PDF
ISBN 0-662-40583-8
HTML: CW69-14/431-2005E-HTML
ISBN 0-662-40584-6
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