An ecosystem health assessment of the Detroit River and western Lake Erie

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
John H. Hartig ◽  
Steven N. Francoeur ◽  
Jan J.H. Ciborowski ◽  
John E. Gannon ◽  
Claire E. Sanders ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lake Erie ◽  
Ecosystem Health ◽  
Health Assessment ◽  
Detroit River ◽  
Ecosystem Health Assessment ◽  
Western Lake ◽  
Western Lake Erie

Long-term ecosystem monitoring and assessment of the Detroit River and Western Lake Erie

2008 ◽  
Vol 158 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 87-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. H. Hartig ◽  
M. A. Zarull ◽  
J. J. H. Ciborowski ◽  
J. E. Gannon ◽  
E. Wilke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lake Erie ◽  
Ecosystem Monitoring ◽  
Detroit River ◽  
Western Lake ◽  
Western Lake Erie

Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Biota from the Detroit River and Western Lake Erie

1997 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 160-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris D. Metcalfe ◽  
Tracy L. Metcalfe ◽  
Geoffrey Riddle ◽  
G. Douglas Haffner
Keyword(s):  
Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Lake Erie ◽  
Detroit River ◽  
Western Lake ◽  
Western Lake Erie

scholarly journals Larval dispersal underlies demographically important intersystem connectivity in a Great Lakes yellow perch (Perca flavescens) population

2016 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
pp. 416-426 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reed M. Brodnik ◽  
Michael E. Fraker ◽  
Eric J. Anderson ◽  
Lucia Carreon-Martinez ◽  
Kristen M. DeVanna ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Larval Dispersal ◽  
Yellow Perch ◽  
Lake Erie ◽  
Perca Flavescens ◽  
River System ◽  
Juvenile Stage ◽  
Detroit River ◽  
Relative Contribution ◽  
Western Lake ◽  
Western Lake Erie

Ability to quantify connectivity among spawning subpopulations and their relative contribution of recruits to the broader population is a critical fisheries management need. By combining microsatellite and age information from larval yellow perch (Perca flavescens) collected in the Lake St. Clair – Detroit River system (SC-DRS) and western Lake Erie with a hydrodynamic backtracking approach, we quantified subpopulation structure, connectivity, and contributions of recruits to the juvenile stage in western Lake Erie during 2006–2007. After finding weak (yet stable) genetic structure between the SC-DRS and two western Lake Erie subpopulations, microsatellites also revealed measurable recruitment of SC-DRS larvae to the juvenile stage in western Lake Erie (17%–21% during 2006–2007). Consideration of precollection larval dispersal trajectories, using hydrodynamic backtracking, increased estimated contributions to 65% in 2006 and 57% in 2007. Our findings highlight the value of complementing subpopulation discrimination methods with hydrodynamic predictions of larval dispersal by revealing the SC-DRS as a source of recruits to western Lake Erie and also showing that connectivity through larval dispersal can affect the structure and dynamics of large lake fish populations.

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