Rapid Increase and Subsequent Decline of Zebra and Quagga Mussels in Long Point Bay, Lake Erie: Possible Influence of Waterfowl Predation

Petrie, Scott A.; Knapton, Richard W.

doi:10.1016/s0380-1330(99)70776-8

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“…Nutrients are consequently not exploited by phytoplankton and macrophytes benefit from increased availability of nutrients and also from increased light intensity (Lake et al 2000). The readily available food biomass of zebra mussels is of advantage to the omnivorous ducks (Petrie and Knapton 1999).…”

Section: Invasive Speciesmentioning

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The impact of climate change on lakes in the Netherlands: a review

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Climate change will alter freshwater ecosystems but specific effects will vary among regions and the type of water body. Here, we give an integrative review of the observed and predicted impacts of climate change on shallow lakes in the Netherlands and put these impacts in an international perspective. Most of these lakes are man-made and have preset water levels and poorly developed littoral zones. Relevant climatic factors for these ecosystems are temperature, ice-cover and wind. Secondary factors affected by climate include nutrient loading, residence time and water levels. We reviewed the relevant literature in order to assess the impact of climate change on these lakes. We focussed on six management objectives as bioindicators for the functioning of these ecosystems: target species, nuisance species, invading species, transparency, carrying capacity and biodiversity. We conclude that climate change will likely (i) reduce the numbers of several target species of birds; (ii) favour and stabilize cyanobacterial dominance in phytoplankton communities; (iii) cause more serious incidents of botulism among waterfowl and enhance the spreading of mosquito borne diseases; (iv) benefit invaders originating from the Ponto-Caspian region; (v) stabilize turbid, phytoplankton-dominated systems, thus counteracting restoration measures; (vi) destabilize macrophyte-dominated clear-water lakes; (vii) increase the carrying capacity of primary producers, especially phytoplankton, thus mimicking eutrophication; (viii) affect higher trophic levels as a result of enhanced primary production; (ix) have a negative impact on biodiversity which is linked to the clear water state; (x) affect biodiversity by changing the disturbance regime. Water managers can counteract these developments by reduction of nutrient loading, development of the littoral zone, compartmentalization of lakes and fisheries management

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Section: Invasive Speciesmentioning

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The impact of climate change on lakes in the Netherlands: a review

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“…(Nalepa and Schloesser 1992;D'Itri 1997). Studies have shown that zebra mussels can be eaten by fish with pharnygeal teeth, such as the freshwater drum (Aplodinotus grunniens; French and Bur 1992), and diving ducks, such as scaup (Custer and Custer 1996;Petrie and Knapton 1999). Figure A-6) is a freshwater bivalve that invaded the northwest United States in the late 1800s.…”

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Multispatial-scale variation in benthic and snag-surface macroinvertebrate assemblages in mid-continent US great rivers

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Bolgrien

Jicha

et al. 2009

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

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“…Uncommonly warm and quiescent conditions in late spring and summer, and an unusually strong resuspension event immediately preceding bloom onset, are further hypothesized to have provided ideal incubation, seeding, and growth conditions for bloom development. Dreissenid populations (22,23), and phosphorus levels in lake sediments (24,25) have been stable in recent years, and neither of these factors is therefore hypothesized to be a significant additional contributing factor. Here we test these causal hypotheses and their correspondence with long-term trends to assess whether the 2011 bloom was driven by a unique and unfortunate combination of circumstances or whether it is a harbinger of future eutrophication conditions expected under evolving land management practices and climate change in the region.…”

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Record-setting algal bloom in Lake Erie caused by agricultural and meteorological trends consistent with expected future conditions

Michalak

Anderson

Beletsky

et al. 2013

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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In 2011, Lake Erie experienced the largest harmful algal bloom in its recorded history, with a peak intensity over three times greater than any previously observed bloom. Here we show that long-term trends in agricultural practices are consistent with increasing phosphorus loading to the western basin of the lake, and that these trends, coupled with meteorological conditions in spring 2011, produced record-breaking nutrient loads. An extended period of weak lake circulation then led to abnormally long residence times that incubated the bloom, and warm and quiescent conditions after bloom onset allowed algae to remain near the top of the water column and prevented flushing of nutrients from the system. We further find that all of these factors are consistent with expected future conditions. If a scientifically guided management plan to mitigate these impacts is not implemented, we can therefore expect this bloom to be a harbinger of future blooms in Lake Erie.extreme precipitation events | climate change | aquatic ecology | Microcystis sp. | Anabaena sp.

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Rapid Increase and Subsequent Decline of Zebra and Quagga Mussels in Long Point Bay, Lake Erie: Possible Influence of Waterfowl Predation

Cited by 92 publications

References 30 publications

The impact of climate change on lakes in the Netherlands: a review

The impact of climate change on lakes in the Netherlands: a review

Multispatial-scale variation in benthic and snag-surface macroinvertebrate assemblages in mid-continent US great rivers

Record-setting algal bloom in Lake Erie caused by agricultural and meteorological trends consistent with expected future conditions

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