Hello everyone --

I am looking for recent compilations of celluar DNA values (e.g., picograms
of DNA per cell) of fishes.  I have Hinegardner (1968) and Hinegardner &
Rosen (1969) but my searches for more recent and comprehensive listings
have, so far, proved unproductive.  I have collected a few recent papers for
individual species and/or genera but it is a tedious process and I suspect I
am "re-inventing the wheel."  I am particularly interested in obtaining
values for the following temperate freshwater species (common in Minnesota
and thus familiar to my undergraduate students):

        Esox luscius and/or masquinongy
        Stizostedion vitreum and/or canadense
        Micropterus salmoides and/or dolimieui
        Lepomis macrochirus and other spp.
        Catostomus commersoni
        Moxostoma spp.
        Coregonus artedi and/or clupeaformis
        Oncorhynchus mykiss
        Salvelinus fontanalis and/or naymacush
        Amia calva
        Acipenser fulvescens
        Lota lota
        Percopsis omiscomaycus
        Ameierus spp.
        Cottus cognatus and/or bairdii
        Aplodinotus grunniens

If you know of recent work (perhaps hidden away in a Special Report or an
Occasional Publication of a museum?) that may provide such a comprehensive
listing or if you know values or sources for any of the above taxa, please
respond to me directly.  Thank you for your time.

Sincerely,









Dann P. Siems
Aquatic Biology Program
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Bemidji State University
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