Palearctic predator invades North American Great Lakes
dc.contributor.author | Lehman, John T. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-09-11T19:22:26Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-09-11T19:22:26Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1987-12 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Lehman, J. T.; (1987). "Palearctic predator invades North American Great Lakes." Oecologia 74(3): 478-480. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/47771> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0029-8549 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1432-1939 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/47771 | |
dc.description.abstract | Bythotrephes cederstroemii Schoedler, a predatory freshwater zooplankter (Crustacea: Cladocera), was first found in the Laurentian Great Lakes in December 1984. The first individuals were from Lake Huron, followed in 1985 with records from Lakes Erie and Ontario. By late August, 1986 the species had spread to southern Lake Michigan (43°N). Bythotrephes has not previously been reported from North America, but has been restricted to a northern and central Palearctic distribution. Its dramatic and widespread rise in abundance in Lake Michigan was greatest in offshore regions. Bythotrephes appears to be invading aggressively, but avoiding habitats presently occupied by glacio-marine relict species that became established in deep oligotrophic North American lakes after the Wisconsin glaciation. Because it is a voracious predator its invasion may lead to alterations in the native zooplankton fauna of the Great Lakes. It offers the chance to study how invading plankton species join an existing community. Judging from its persistence and success in deep European lakes, Bythotrephes may now become a permanent member of zooplankton communities in the Nearctic. | en_US |
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dc.format.mimetype | text/plain | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Springer-Verlag | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Lake Michigan | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Invasion | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Plant Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Bythotrephes | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Ecology | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Life Sciences | en_US |
dc.title | Palearctic predator invades North American Great Lakes | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Natural Resources and Environment | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Science | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Biology, Natural Science Building, The University of Michigan, 48109-1048, Ann Arbor, MI, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/47771/1/442_2004_Article_BF00378947.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00378947 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Oecologia | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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