Peter Sorensen
Peter Sorensen
isolated
After 16 years, we're there. We've isolated it, and we can synthesize it.
adult decades key led pick remove seem selective
And this led to an observation decades ago -- which was key -- that adult lamprey must be selective in how they pick streams, ... They only pick a few, and if you remove the larvae they don't seem to go in there.
shown using
Using these extracts has been shown to work,
bring capture extended great maybe traps
If they can capture them very efficiently in that time, that's a great way to do it. Up to this point, it hasn't been very efficient. Now maybe we can bring them into traps for extended periods.
females mate potential waste
to mate with females who would waste their reproductive potential.
great presents safe sea tool
This presents the possibility of a whole new environmentally safe tool for controlling sea lamprey in the Great Lakes.
enormous exercise female group payoff prevent terribly valuable
Removing one female lamprey isn't always a terribly valuable exercise. But to prevent a group from spawning, there is enormous payoff there.
attracting goal help native restore runs technique value west
The GLFC has the goal of controlling lamprey with a new and better technique by 2010. This could be it. Also, lamprey are important to native peoples on the West Coast, who value it for food. This pheromone could help restore lamprey runs by attracting lamprey to suitable spawning beds.
fact key
The key here is the fact that this pheromone is natural, safe, and should be very inexpensive to add,