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CAS-ICH 244687 Gasterosteus aculeatus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Bell, Michael A. / 12 Jun 2000 Gasterosteidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 300/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-50% isopropanol Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Bell, Michael A.; Travis, Matthew P.  Field Number MAB00-2 Date Collected 11-12 June 2000 : 1045
Continent/Ocean North America Country United States State Alaska County Matanuska-Susitna Borough
Water Body Walby Lake Drainage Wasilla Creek Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity 0 Gear 6 Gee minnow traps
Locality Walby Lake
Latitude-Longitude 61.6202°N, 149.21286°W Bottom Type organic muck over gravel and sand
Acc. Number 2018-X:19 Specimen Remarks m, f, juveniles. Fixed in 10% buffered (dolomite) formalin ~1 month.
Collecting Event Remarks Water temp. = 19 C. Traps set at west end of public access area mostly against patch of muskeg. Small stickleback seen moving in shallows. Traps pulled on 12 June at 1045 hr. Results: one quart bottle about 300 sticklebacks. Lots of gravid females and nuptial males. Not that many obviously infected stickleback with Schistocephalus. Heard loon and grebes calling on lake.