Continued assessment of early invasion dynamics of Asian swamp eels in the Lake Pontchartrain Estuary

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• Personal Author:
  Buckheit, Miranda ; Jordan, Frank
• Corporate Authors:
  Louisiana Sea Grant College Program
• NOAA Program & Office:
  Sea Grant ; OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research)
• Sea Grant Program:
  LSU (Louisiana Sea Grant)
• Description:
  Cuchia (Amphipnous cuchia) are air-breathing freshwater fish in the family Synbranchidae. Native to Southeastern Asia, these nocturnal, opportunistic predators are capable of surviving in a wide variety of harsh environments and even possess the ability to travel across land when necessary. Cuchia were discovered in Bayou St. John in New Orleans in June 2019, though a population may have been established in Bayou St. John before their initial discovery. The presence of Cuchia in Bayou St. John is of concern because this waterway is hydrologically connected to Lake Pontchartrain, which in turn is connected to the vast Mississippi River and its connected waterways.
• Keywords:
  Cuchia Introduced Aquatic Organisms Research Introduced Aquatic Organisms
• Format:
  pdf
• Document Type:
  Non-series Report
• Place as Subject:
  Pontchartrain, Lake, Watershed (La.)
• License:
  https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
• Rights Information:
  CC0 Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6da83aaffbf68e1463844c8be5ef1fa7453ddd7d8fb69a3e18fea978820d7b1b6a338474f99c5d94c8a33bdbb564afa3bb878dcad9eac6b5136f24d6e8f91850
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/69944/noaa_69944_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.46 MB ]