29+ Sea Lamprey Bite Mark Background. Sea lampreys are the worst of the alien species to invade the great lakes. During the time of highest sea lamprey abundance, up to 85% of fish that were not killed by sea lampreys were marked with sea lamprey attack wounds.
Lots of the same families of genes are present in lampreys and in humans. This led the great lakes fisheries commission to establish an integrated sea lamprey management plan in 1986 (sullivan et al., 2003). 179k views · march 19.
An invader in a massive freshwater basin.
179k views · march 19. Sea lamprey predators and prey sea lamprey predators. A fishery on the brink. It's not a movie, but rather the true tale of the sea lamprey's invasion of the great lakes.