NPSpecies

Bowes et al. (1999) Present within ANP during 1998; Historically present in at least 11 of the 21 ponds in the park on Mount Desert Island.

Bowes et al (1998) Native to Mount Desert Island; no evidence of stocking or other introductions.

Bowes et al. (1999) Present in at least 11 of the 21 ponds in the park on Mount Desert Island; Abundance estimated based on distributional information.

Park Species Detail: Bowes et al. (1999) Species is usually present in most streams draining the southern half of Mount Desert Island. Recently confirmed in Aunt Betty Pond (1998, J. Le); Eagle Lake (1998, J. Le); Echo Lake (1997), Jordan Stream (April 1983), Long Pond (fall 1997), The Tarn (1998, J. Le). Chalmers (1999): 1 5 inch eel observed under cobble at Stanley Brook (see observation) Le (1999): 382 captured at Hunters Brook in 1998. Farris (1992) seined from Bass Harbor Estuary during October 1990 to October 1991. Zabinski and Olday (1975): Present in The Tarn. Fuller and Cooper (1946) abundant in Seal Cove Pond, abundant in Echo Lake, abundant in Somes Pond, abundant in Long Pond, abundant in Upper Hadlock Pond, abundant in Jordan Pond, abundant in Eagle Lake, abundant in Bubble Pond during the summer of 1942; collected during surveys with gill nets in Long Pond and Jordan Pond during the summer of 1942. Batchelder (1927) Present within the park in watersheds east of Somes Sound; general distribution on MDI., Park Species Data Source: Bowes et al. (1999); Chalmers 1999; Le (1999); Farris (1992); Zabinski and Olday (1975); Fuller and Cooper (1946); Batchelder (1927)