Study of the Littoral Benthos of the Great Lakes
Author : Hugh Bernard N. Hynes
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Page : pages
File Size : 36,99 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Benthos
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Author : Hugh Bernard N. Hynes
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Page : pages
File Size : 36,99 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Benthos
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Author : Sonya C. Bayba
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Page : pages
File Size : 29,76 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Benthos
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Non-native invasive Dreissena mussels have altered the flow of energy in numerous freshwater systems by diverting nutrients from pelagic to littoral benthic food-webs, thus reducing primary production available to deep offshore benthos. Though the effect of the nearshore-dwelling Dreissena polymorpha (zebra mussel) on benthos has been studied thoroughly, little is known about the deep, offshore impacts of Dreissena rostriformis bugensis (quagga mussel). In the last two decades, quagga mussels have displaced zebra mussels in shallow Great Lakes regions and colonized previously uninhabited offshore lake regions. It is likely that the spread of quagga mussels into deep profundal areas has resulted in new interactions with offshore benthic communities. If there are positive interactions present, I expect positive correlations between quagga mussel and total non-dreissenid benthos and for taxonomic structures to be affected by Dreissena. Here, I investigate whether the positive impacts of quagga mussels on benthic communities previously observed in the nearshore benthos also occur in offshore benthos due to the recent quagga mussel colonization. I also investigate changes in nearshore and offshore benthic community composition in the presence and absence of quagga mussels. Benthic survey data collected under the Cooperative Science and Monitoring Initiative from Lake Michigan in 2015 and Lake Huron in 2017 were used in this study. Increased Dreissena abundance correlated with total non-dreissenid benthos regardless of depth and taxonomic structures of benthic communities change with depth and appear to be affected by dreissenid presence.
Author : Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
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Page : 84 pages
File Size : 23,67 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Great Lakes (North America)
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Author : Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
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Page : 84 pages
File Size : 16,14 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Environmental protection
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Author : United States. Great Lakes Basin Commission
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Page : 964 pages
File Size : 23,12 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Great Lakes Region (North America)
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Author : Richard A. MacKenzie
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Page : 12 pages
File Size : 41,80 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Coastal ecology
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Author : John E. Gannon
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Page : 98 pages
File Size : 13,81 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Benthos
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Author : University of Michigan. Great Lakes Research Division
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Page : 192 pages
File Size : 18,95 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Ecology
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Author : Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
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Page : 44 pages
File Size : 39,68 MB
Release : 1976
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Author : Barton, D. R. (David Remle)
Publisher : Burlington, Ont. : Fisheries and Oceans, Canada
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 43,82 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Benthos
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