Transformation of the offshore benthic community in Lake Michigan: recent shift from the native amphipod Diporeia spp. to the invasive mussel Dreissena rostriformis bugensis

By T. Nalepa, D. Fanslow, G. Lang. 2009

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Subfields: Ecology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Changes in the Lake Michigan food web following dreissenid mussel invasions: A synthesis (2015, background): “In addition, the profundal form of the quagga mussel ). tional Association for Great Lakes Re colonized the offshore (N50 m deep) waters of Lake Michigan during 2004–2007 (Bunnell et al., 2009; Nalepa et al., 2009).”
The role of organisms in hyporheic processes: gaps in current knowledge, needs for future research and applications (2012, background): “This problem has been widely discussed for surface aquatic systems, both lakes (Gurevitch and Padilla, 2004; Nalepa et al., 2009) and rivers (Dukes and Mooney, 1999; Piscart et al., 2005, 2010, 2011; Werner and Rothhaupt, 2007; Strayer, 2010; Labat et al., in press).”
Twenty five years of changes in Dreissena spp. populations in Lake Erie (2014, background): “…both Europe (Orlova et al., 2004, 2005; Zhulidov et al., 2010; Zhuravel, 1952, 1965) and North America (Demott and Dow, 2008; Mills et al., 1996; Nalepa et al., 2009a, 2009b, 2010; Watkins et al., 2007) show that, in waterbodies where both species co-occur, quagga mussels outcompete zebra…”
What a difference a species makes: a meta–analysis of dreissenid mussel impacts on freshwater ecosystems (2010, background): “In several of the Laurentian Great Lakes, the expansion of D. bugensis into profundal habitats was accompanied by large declines, or extirpations, of the profundal benthic amphipod Diporeia spp. (Dermott and Kerec 1997, Nalepa et al. 2007, 2009, Hoyle et al. 2008).”
Recent Changes in Density, Biomass, Recruitment, Size Structure, and Nutritional State of Dreissena Populations in Southern Lake Michigan (2010, background): “The decline and virtual disappearance of D. polymorpha as D. rostriformis bugensis expanded in the southern basin follows a pattern reported previously throughout Lake Michigan (Nalepa et al., 2009) and in other Great Lakes (Mills et al., 1999; Patterson et al., 2005; Wilson et al., 2006).”
Lake Michigan Lower Food Web: Long-Term Observations and Dreissena Impact (2010, background): “Given the precipitous decline of the benthic amphipod Diporeia, (Nalepa et al., 2009) there are questions about the health of Mysis populations because both of these organisms are heavily fed upon by forage fish.”
Invasive gobies in the Danube: invasion success facilitated by availability and selection of superior food resources (2009, background): “For example, there is growing knowledge about the drastic decrease of nonmollusc macrozoobenthos biomass in the Great Lakes (e.g., Hondorp et al. 2005; Nalepa et al. 2007, 2009).”
Trophic connections in Lake Superior Part I: The offshore fish community (2011, background): “In the majority of the lower Great Lakes, Diporeia populations have decreased to low levels, so this lipid-rich prey item is far less available to fish (Nalepa et al., 2009).”