Morphological and genetic data for the Lake Superior cisco complex, 2006-2021
Contained in this data release are the core data elements of our study of the contemporary diversity of the cisco complex of Lake Superior as described by Koelz (1929): Coregonus artedi, C. hoyi, C. kiyi, C. zenithicus, C. reighardi, and C. nigripinnis (Gorman et al. 2026). Fish were collected over a broad range of habitats and geographic regions of Lake Superior during 2003-2021. Most collections were conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada and supplemented by collections from The Nature Conservancy and state and tribal partners. A subset of 602 fish collected from years 2006-2021 were identified morphologically, genotyped, and measured morphometrically. In this data release the following data are provided for 602 morphologically identified and genotyped Lake Superior ciscoes: sample location including state and country, ecoregion, collection date, geographic coordinates, sampling gear, collector; morphological and genetic species identifications; morphological conformation scores; Q-scores; measurement data for 38 morphometric characters and counts; USGS specimen number; MEL_ID (Molecular Ecology Lab Identifier); and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) accession numbers for genetic data.
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| accessLevel | public |
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| bureauCode |
[ "010:12" ] |
| contactPoint |
{ "fn": "Owen T Gorman", "@type": "vcard:Contact", "hasEmail": "mailto:otgorman@usgs.gov" } |
| description | Contained in this data release are the core data elements of our study of the contemporary diversity of the cisco complex of Lake Superior as described by Koelz (1929): Coregonus artedi, C. hoyi, C. kiyi, C. zenithicus, C. reighardi, and C. nigripinnis (Gorman et al. 2026). Fish were collected over a broad range of habitats and geographic regions of Lake Superior during 2003-2021. Most collections were conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada and supplemented by collections from The Nature Conservancy and state and tribal partners. A subset of 602 fish collected from years 2006-2021 were identified morphologically, genotyped, and measured morphometrically. In this data release the following data are provided for 602 morphologically identified and genotyped Lake Superior ciscoes: sample location including state and country, ecoregion, collection date, geographic coordinates, sampling gear, collector; morphological and genetic species identifications; morphological conformation scores; Q-scores; measurement data for 38 morphometric characters and counts; USGS specimen number; MEL_ID (Molecular Ecology Lab Identifier); and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) accession numbers for genetic data. |
| distribution |
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| identifier | http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/USGS_6a07284eb66b01b8f8e903c3 |
| keyword |
[ "Coregonine", "Coregonus", "Coregonus artedi", "Coregonus clupeaformis", "Coregonus hoyi", "Coregonus kiyi", "Coregonus nigripinnis", "Coregonus reighardi", "Coregonus zenithicus", "DNA sequencing", "Great Lakes", "Lake Superior", "Natural Resource Management", "USGS:6a07284eb66b01b8f8e903c3", "animals", "aquatic biology", "biodiversity", "biota", "environment", "fish", "freshwater ecosystems", "genetic diversity", "genetics", "genotype", "ichthyology", "inlandWaters", "meristics", "morphology (biological)", "native species", "species diversity" ] |
| modified | 2026-09-21T00:00:00Z |
| publisher |
{ "name": "U.S. Geological Survey", "@type": "org:Organization" } |
| spatial | -92.6807, 46.3166, -84.1553, 49.1530 |
| theme |
[ "geospatial" ] |
| title | Morphological and genetic data for the Lake Superior cisco complex, 2006-2021 |
