Pighead prickleback COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 13

Acknowledgements

Raymond Ratynski of the Freshwater Institute, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, provided reprints and valuable information by phone and regular email. Doug Chiperzak, Head, BSIMPI Secretariat, Oceans Program in Yellowknife, and Glen Hopky, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, quickly responded to email requests regarding the pighead prickleback records. Dr. D.J. Macdonald of the Institute of Ocean Sciences, Sidney, BC, provided a list of his publications on the inshore physical environment in the Mackenzie Delta region of the Beaufort Sea. Claude Renaude, Canadian Museum Nature, facilitated the writer’s request to view all specimens of Acantholumpenus at the Canadian Museum of Nature. Eric Taylor and Don McPhail provided access for the writer to view collections at the University of British Columbia. Kelly Sendall of the Royal BC Museum provided access and facilities to view specimens. Margaret Treble, Arctic Stock Assessment Biologist, DFO, provided a useful review. Mart Gross and his research assistant Jessica da Silva at the University of Toronto provided helpful suggestions as well as extensive editing of this report.

Funding for the preparation of this status report was provided by the Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada.

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