Waterbird Predation on Fish in Western Lake Erie: A Bioenergetics Model Application

A bioenergetics model for growth of a zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) individual was verified with observations on zebra mussel growth in western Lake Erie. The bioenergetics model was then applied to the zebra mussel population in the western basin of Lake Erie to estimate the removal of phytoplankton by mussels. According to the modeling results, the zebra mussel population consumed 5.0 million tonnes of phytoplankton, while 1.4 million tonnes of phytoplankton was deposited in pseudofeces from the mussels. Thus, a total of 6.4 ± 2.4 million tonnes of phytoplankton was removed from the water column by zebra mussel in western Lake Erie during 1990. Primary production was estimated to be 24.8 million tonnes; therefore, zebra mussel removed the equivalent of 26 ± 10% of the primary production for western Lake Erie.

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SWAT model application for evaluating agricultural conservation practice effectiveness in reducing phosphorous loss from the Western Lake Erie Basin

Journal of Environmental Management ◽

10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.114000 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 302 ◽

pp. 114000

Author(s):

Yongping Yuan ◽

Lydia Koropeckyj-Cox

Keyword(s):

Lake Erie ◽

Swat Model ◽

Model Application ◽

Conservation Practice ◽

Agricultural Conservation ◽

Western Lake ◽

Western Lake Erie

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Life History and Production of Walleyes of the 1959 Year-Class in Western Lake Erie, 1959–62

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society ◽

10.1577/1548-8659(1972)101<655:lhapow>2.0.co;2 ◽

1972 ◽

Vol 101 (4) ◽

pp. 655-661 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

John W. Parsons

Keyword(s):

Life History ◽

Lake Erie ◽

Western Lake ◽

Western Lake Erie

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Relative Abundance of Native and Invasive Amphipods in Western Lake Erie in Relation to Dreissenid Mussel Encrustation and Algal Cover

Journal of Freshwater Ecology ◽

10.1080/02705060.2007.9665039 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 22 (2) ◽

pp. 201-212 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

James P. Duggan ◽

Steven N. Francoeur

Keyword(s):

Relative Abundance ◽

Lake Erie ◽

Algal Cover ◽

Western Lake ◽

Invasive Amphipods ◽

Western Lake Erie ◽

Dreissenid Mussel

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Projected Changes to the Trophodynamics of PCBs in the Western Lake Erie Ecosystem Attributed to the Presence of Zebra Mussels (Dreissena polymorpha)

Environmental Science & Technology ◽

10.1021/es980434i ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 32 (24) ◽

pp. 3862-3867 ◽

Cited By ~ 30

Author(s):

Heather A. Morrison ◽

Frank A. P. C. Gobas ◽

Rodica Lazar ◽

D. Michael Whittle ◽

G. Douglas Haffner

Keyword(s):

Dreissena Polymorpha ◽

Lake Erie ◽

Zebra Mussels ◽

Western Lake ◽

Projected Changes ◽

Western Lake Erie

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Limnological Studies of Western Lake Erie: II. Light Penetration and Its Relation to Turbidity

Ecology ◽

10.2307/1930871 ◽

1942 ◽

Vol 23 (1) ◽

pp. 41-52 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

David C. Chandler

Keyword(s):

Lake Erie ◽

Light Penetration ◽

Western Lake ◽

Western Lake Erie

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Environmental Factors Affecting the Strength of Walleye (Stizostedion vitreum vitreum) Year-Classes in Western Lake Erie, 1960–70

Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada ◽

10.1139/f75-207 ◽

1975 ◽

Vol 32 (10) ◽

pp. 1733-1743 ◽

Cited By ~ 70

Author(s):

Wolf-Dieter N. Busch ◽

Russell L. Scholl ◽

Wilbur L. Hartman

Keyword(s):

Water Level ◽

Lake Erie ◽

Stizostedion Vitreum ◽

Low Oxygen ◽

Brood Stock ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Spawning Area ◽

Western Lake ◽

Class Strength ◽

Western Lake Erie

Commercial production of walleyes (Stizostedion vitreum vitreum) from western Lake Erie declined from 5.9 million pounds in 1956 to 140,000 pounds by 1969. Since 1956, marked irregularity in year-class success has developed. Only four year-classes were considered good during 1959–70. The rate and regularity of water warming during the spring spawning and incubation periods in 1960–70 had a positive effect on the density of egg deposits and the resulting year-class strength. Rates of warming were not themselves detrimental, but rather the extended length of the incubation period in cool springs increased the exposure of eggs to such negative influences as dislodgment from the spawning reefs by strong current action generated by spring storms, or siltation and low oxygen tensions. The annual brood stock size had much less influence on year-class strength than did water temperature. Reproductive success was unrelated to fluctuations in size of suitable reef spawning area caused by changes in water level. Apparently the usable spawning area at any water level is more than adequate to serve the limited walleye brood stocks.

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