Great LakesThe Great Lakes, also called the Great Lakes of North America, are a series of large interconnected freshwater lakes spanning the Canada–United States border. The five lakes are Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario (though hydrologically, Michigan and Huron are a single body of water, joined at the Straits of Mackinac). The Great Lakes Waterway enables modern travel and shipping by water among the lakes.
LampreyClass of jawless fishSea lamprey, Petromyzon marinusMouth of a sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinusMedian section of lamprey demonstrating internal anatomyMicroscopic cross section through the pharynx of a larva from an unknown lamprey speciesLampreys (sometimes inaccurately called lamprey eels) are a group of jawless fish composing the orderPetromyzontiformes, sole order in the classPetromyzontida. The adult lamprey is characterized by a toothed, funnel-like, sucking mouth.
Invasive speciesIntroduced species that harms its new environmentNorth American beaver (Castor canadensis) dam in Tierra del FuegoKudzu growing over and smothering trees in Atlanta, GeorgiaCanada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis) as a roadside weed in PolandVinca in a gardenAn invasive species is an introduced species that harms its new environment. Invasive species adversely affect habitats and bioregions, causing ecological, environmental, and/or economic damage.Lake troutLake whitefish
Great Lakes regionThe Great Lakes region of Northern America is a binational Canadian–American region centered on the Great Lakes that includes the U.S. states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin and the Canadian province of Ontario. It encompasses both the Upper Midwest and parts of the Mid-Atlantic.
Freshwater whitefishThe freshwater whitefish are fishes of the subfamilyCoregoninae, which contains whitefishes (both freshwater and anadromous) and ciscoes, and is one of three subfamilies in the salmon family Salmonidae. Apart from the subfamily Coregoninae, the family Salmonidae includes the salmon, trout, and char species of the subfamily Salmoninae, and grayling species of the subfamily Thymallinae.
Welland CanalThe Welland Canal is a ship canal in Ontario, Canada, and part of the St. Lawrence Seaway and Great Lakes Waterway. The canal traverses the Niagara Peninsula between Port Weller on Lake Ontario and Port Colborne on Lake Erie, and was built because the Niagara River—the only natural waterway connecting the lakes—was unnavigable due to Niagara Falls.Erie CanalWaterway in upstate New York, U.S. Troy Federal Lock E2WaterfordE3Waterford E4Waterford E5Waterford E6CrescentGG1Crescent GG2Crescent E7Vischer FerryE8ScotiaE9RotterdamE10CranesvilleE11AmsterdamE12Tribes HillE13YostsE14CanajoharieE15Fort PlainE16St. JohnsvilleGG3Indian CastleE17Little FallsGG4Little Falls E18JacksonburgGG5HerkimerE19FrankfortE20WhitesboroGG6RomeGG7Rome E21New LondonE22New London Oneida LakeE23Brewerton Onondaga LakeE24BaldwinsvilleCross Lake E25Mays PointE26ClydeE27LyonsE28ALyons E28BNewarkE29PalmyraE30MacedonGG9Bushnell's BasinGG10CartersvilleE32PittsfordE33RochesterEast Guard Lock Genesee RiverWest Guard Lock GG11SpencerportGG12BrockportGG13HolleyGG14AlbionGG15MedinaGG16MiddleportGG17GasportE34LockportE35Lockport GG18PendletonNiagara RiverBlack Rock LockLake Erie GG = Guard GateThis diagram: The Erie Canal is a historic canal in upstate New York that runs east–west between the Hudson River and Lake Erie.
EelEels are ray-finned fish belonging to the orderAnguilliformes (), which consists of eight suborders, 20 families, 164 genera, and about 1000 species. Eels undergo considerable development from the early larval stage to the eventual adult stage and are usually predators.Coregonus artedi
ParasitismType of interaction between speciesA fish parasite, the isopod Cymothoa exigua, replacing the tongue of a LithognathusParasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives (at least some of the time) on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life.
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