scholarly journals Vertical mixing and weak stratification over zebra mussel colonies in western Lake Erie

2008 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 1093-1110 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Boegman ◽  
M. R. Loewen ◽  
P. F. Hamblin ◽  
D. A. Culver
Keyword(s):  
Zebra Mussel ◽  
Lake Erie ◽  
Vertical Mixing ◽  
Western Lake ◽  
Weak Stratification ◽  
Western Lake Erie

scholarly journals Benthic-Pelagic coupling over a zebra mussel reef in western Lake Erie

2001 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 892-904 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josef Daniel Ackerman ◽  
Mark R. Loewen ◽  
Paul F. Hamblin
Keyword(s):  
Zebra Mussel ◽  
Lake Erie ◽  
Western Lake ◽  
Benthic Pelagic Coupling ◽  
Western Lake Erie

Impacts of zebra mussel on walleye (Stizostedion vitreum) reproduction in western Lake Erie

1995 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 578-586 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. D. Fitzsimons ◽  
J. H. Leach ◽  
S. J. Nepszy ◽  
V. W. Cairns
Keyword(s):  
Zebra Mussel ◽  
Dreissena Polymorpha ◽  
Lake Erie ◽  
Egg Viability ◽  
Egg Deposition ◽  
Adverse Impacts ◽  
Western Lake ◽  
Young Of The Year ◽  
Total Coverage ◽  
Western Lake Erie

A walleye spawning shoal (Sunken Chicken Reef) in western Lake Erie was sampled during the spring of 1990 and 1991 to assess the abundance of the zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha and to determine its impact on walleye reproduction. Mussel abundance ranged from 76 500/m2 at 1.5 m depth to 344 300/m2 at 4.5 m depth at the shoal (1990). Despite the almost total coverage of spawning beds walleye continued to spawn at the shoal, with no apparent effect of the mussels on egg deposition, egg viability, and interstitial dissolved oxygen. Although preinvasion data for walleye egg deposition are not comparable to data from this study, deposition appears adequate based on good indices of recruitment of young-of-the-year walleye derived from resource agency trawling during 1990 and 1991. Thus there appears to have been no adverse impacts of zebra mussel on walleye reproduction in western Lake Erie during 1990 and 1991.

Soft sediment as a constraint on the spread of the zebra mussel in western Lake Erie: Processes and impacts

2002 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 329-343 ◽  
Author(s):  
John P. Coakley ◽  
N. Rasul ◽  
S. E. Ioannou ◽  
G. R. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Zebra Mussel ◽  
Lake Erie ◽  
Soft Sediment ◽  
Western Lake ◽  
Western Lake Erie

Zebra Mussel Wastes and Concentrations of Heavy Metals on Shipwrecks in Western Lake Erie

1999 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 330-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Placido D. LaValle ◽  
Andrew Brooks ◽  
V. Chris Lakhan
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Zebra Mussel ◽  
Lake Erie ◽  
Western Lake ◽  
Western Lake Erie

Removal of algae by the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) population in western Lake Erie: a bioenergetics approach

1995 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 381-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles P. Madenjian
Keyword(s):  
Primary Production ◽  
Water Column ◽  
Zebra Mussel ◽  
Dreissena Polymorpha ◽  
Lake Erie ◽  
Mussel Population ◽  
Western Basin ◽  
Bioenergetics Model ◽  
Western Lake ◽  
Western Lake Erie

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.

Dramatic Decline of Unionid Bivalves in Offshore Waters of Western Lake Erie After Infestation by the Zebra Mussel, Dreissena polymorpha

1994 ◽  
Vol 51 (10) ◽  
pp. 2234-2242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Don W. Schloesser ◽  
Thomas F. Nalepa
Keyword(s):  
Great Lakes ◽  
Zebra Mussel ◽  
Dreissena Polymorpha ◽  
Lake Erie ◽  
Zebra Mussels ◽  
Laurentian Great Lakes ◽  
Western Lake ◽  
Dramatic Decline ◽  
Heavy Infestation ◽  
Western Lake Erie

Unionid bivalves and attached epizoic zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) were collected at one index station in 1989, 1990, and 1991 and at 17 stations in 1991 in offshore waters of western Lake Erie of the Laurentian Great Lakes. Sampling at the index station revealed that the proportion of live unionids declined from 53% in September 1989 to 17% in May–June 1990 and to 0% in September 1990: this 100% mortality coincided with heavy infestation by zebra mussels. Quantitative sampling with a Ponar grab at the 17 stations in 1991 revealed a widespread and dramatic reduction in unionid populations. In 1982, five unionid species occurred at 35% of the stations at a density of 4/m2, whereas in 1991, no live unionid species were found. Qualitative sampling with an epibenthic sled at the 17 stations in 1991 yielded only 4 live specimens of 2 species (Amblema plicata plicata and Fusconaia flava) and 187 dead specimens of 10 species. These and other results indicate that unionid populations are being negatively affected by zebra mussels in the Great Lakes. Similar impacts on unionids are expected to occur where zebra mussels become abundant throughout North America.

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