American eels in Buffalo Creek in Union County, Pa.
A team of biologists from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) captures American eels in Buffalo Creek and fits them with pit tags for monitoring in Union County, Pa., on Aug. 21, 2013. The team used electroshocking to capture and tag 91 American eels four years after biologists began stocking Buffalo Creek, a tributary of the Susquehanna River, with eels. American eels are the main host for the Eastern elliptio, a freshwater mussel that began disappearing after the construction of Conowingo Dam on the lower Susquehanna River roughly a century ago blocked the migration of eels upstream. (Photo by Steve Droter/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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American eels in Buffalo Creek in Union County, Pa.
A team of biologists from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) captures American eels in Buffalo Creek and fits them with pit tags for monitoring in Union County, Pa., on Aug. 21, 2013. The team used electroshocking to capture and tag 91 American eels four years after biologists began stocking Buffalo Creek, a tributary of the Susquehanna River, with eels. American eels are the main host for the Eastern elliptio, a freshwater mussel that began disappearing after the construction of Conowingo Dam on the lower Susquehanna River roughly a century ago blocked the migration of eels upstream. (Photo by Steve Droter/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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For noncommercial use contact the Chesapeake Bay Program