| Summary: | This profile covers life historyand environmental requirements ofboth alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus)and blueback herring (Alosa aestivalis),since their distribution isoverlapping and their morphology,ecological role, and environmentalrequirements are similar.The alewife isan anadromous species found inriverine, estuarine, and Atlanticcoastal habitats, depending onlife cycle stage, from Newfoundland(Winters et al. 1973) toSoutn Carolina (Berry 1964).Landlocked populations are i n theGreat Lakes, Finger Lakes, andmany other freshwater lakes(Bigelow and Sch roeder 1953;Scott and Crossman 1973). Theblueback herring is an anadromousspecies found in riverine,estuarine, and Atlantic coastalhabitats, depending on life stagecycle, from Nova Scotia to theSt. Johns River, Florida (Hildebrand1963) Series: United States. Army Corps of Engineers, TR EL-82-4 Performed for Coastal Ecology Group, Waterways Experiment Station, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg, MS 39180 and National Coastal Ecosystems Team, Division of Biological Services, Research and Development, Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Department if the Interior Washington, DC 20240
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