Saturday, February 28, 2009

My friend Maury Hall and his colleague Michael Moore have helped me to identify the herring parasite we saw last fall as Lernaeenicus sprattae.

You can find out more about it by following this link.


http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Lernaeenicus_sprattae


Thanks to all of you for your help with this. I will keep an eye on the situation and post an update when the herring return to the harbor and the river later this year

Bruce

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