Zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) selective filtration promoted toxic Microcystis blooms in Saginaw Bay (Lake Huron) and Lake Erie

By H. Vanderploeg, J. Liebig, W. Carmichael, Megan Agy, Thomas H. Johengen, Gary L. Fahnenstiel, T. Nalepa. 2001

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Population Dynamics of Harmful Cyanobacteria (2005, background): “In fact, even opposite effects may occur, since high grazing pressures by zooplankton will tend to select for inedible phytoplankton species, including cyanobacteria (Leibold, 1996; Vanderploeg et al., 2001; Gliwicz, 2003).”
Deepwater demersal fish community collapse in Lake Huron (2008, background): “…in the Lake Huron ecosystem in recent years, including increased water clarity (Budd et al. 2001); increased occurrence of toxic algal blooms (Vanderploeg et al. 2001); an increase in outbreaks of botulism in fish and birds (EC and USEPA 2006; Yule et al. 2006); a drastic reduction in…”
Modeling the Role of Zebra Mussels in the Proliferation of Blue-green Algae in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron (2005, background): “Similar observations have been reported in western Lake Erie (Vanderploeg et al. 2001) and the Bay of Quinte (Nicholls et al.”
Dreissena and the Disappearance of the Spring Phytoplankton Bloom in Lake Michigan (2010, methodology): “Cryptomonas was cultured on modified WC media at 20 °C as described in Vanderploeg et al. (2001, 2009).”
Phytoplankton functional type modelling: Running before we can walk? A critical evaluation of the current state of knowledge (2016, background): “The physiology and function of toxin production is still very poorly understood, as there are multiple competing theories that pose challenges in the development of reliable predictive tools (Vanderploeg et al., 2001).”
Twenty years of zebra mussels: lessons from the mollusk that made headlines (2009, background): “Populations of phytoplankton and small zooplankton fell, often by > 50%, sometimes with subsequent irruptions of inedible or toxic phytoplankton (Vanderploeg et al. 2001; Effler et al. 2004; Raikow et al. 2004; Caraco et al. 2006).”
Changes in spring phytoplankton communities and nutrient dynamics in the eastern basin of Lake Erie since the invasion of Dreissena spp. (2006, background): “There is also some anecdotal evidence suggesting that dreissenid grazing might have increased the frequency of Microcystis blooms in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron, and the western basin of Lake Erie (Vanderploeg et al. 2001).”
What a difference a species makes: a meta–analysis of dreissenid mussel impacts on freshwater ecosystems (2010, background): “Each of these species is capable of forming buoyant chains or colonies, and at least one (M. aeruginosa) has been shown to remain viable after being selectively rejected in pseudofeces or passing through the dreissenid digestive tract (Vanderploeg et al. 2001).”
Dispersal and emerging ecological impacts of Ponto-Caspian species in the Laurentian Great Lakes. (2002, background): “Pseudofeces containing clay or algae can be quite fragile (Roditi et al. 1997; Vanderploeg et al. 2001).”
Understanding the long-term effects of species invasions. (2006, background): “[ 30 ]). The result of these species shifts is to moderate the initially severe impact of invading herbivores on plant biomass and primary production.”
Dominance of the noxious cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa in low‐nutrient lakes is associated with exotic zebra mussels (2004, background): “Zebra mussels are suspected to be a cause of these Microcystis blooms, but the evidence is difficult to interpret because of the confounding factors of multiple biological invasions, food-web manipulations, and other disturbances in the Great Lakes (Vanderploeg et al. 2001).”
Algal blooms in Ontario, Canada: Increases in reports since 1994 (2011, methodology): “The algal bloom report data were examined for monotonic trends from 1994 to 2009 using Mann-Kendall trend tests ( Yu et al. 1993 ) with a Microsoft Excel add-in developed by Libiseller and Grimvall (2002) .”
Ecosystem Processes Performed by Unionid Mussels in Stream Mesocosms: Species Roles and Effects of Abundance (2004, background): “Excretion by zebra mussels also has been linked to blooms of nitrogen-limited cyanobacteria in several lakes (Arnott & Vanni, 1996; MacIsaac, 1996; Vanderploeg et al., 2001).”
Lake restoration studies: failures, bottlenecks and prospects of new ecotechnological measures (2008, result): “Contrary to Baker et al. (1998) and Bastviken et al. (1998), Vanderploeg et al. (2001) believed that Dreissena promoted the return of Microcystis blooms in Lake Huron and Lake Erie, because they found the mussels to selectively reject colonies of Microcystis.”