The Effects of Zebra Mussels on the Lower Planktonic Foodweb in Lake Champlain

Miller, Emily Brines; Watzin, Mary C.

doi:10.3394/0380-1330(2007)33[407:teozmo]2.0.co;2

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“…Dreissenids have been associated with reductions in rotifer densities in both laboratory and field experiments in Lake Erie (MacIsaac et al, 1991), as well as in enclosure experiments in the Ohio River (Jack and Thorp, 2000) and a mesocosm study in Lake Champlain (Miller and Watzin, 2007). In addition, rotifer abundances declined dramatically in the Hudson River after the establishment of large populations of dreissenid mussels (Pace et al, 1998).…”

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Rotifer communities in the Laurentian Great Lakes, 1983–2006 and factors affecting their composition

Barbiero

Warren

2011

Journal of Great Lakes Research

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Rotifer communities in the Laurentian Great Lakes, 1983–2006 and factors affecting their composition

Barbiero

Warren

2011

Journal of Great Lakes Research

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“…Full spectrum lights were placed on top of the mesocosms on a 16-h light/8-h dark schedule, and each mesocosm was gently aerated with an air stone. Once the zebra mussels were added to the mesocosms, each experiment was maintained for 96 h (Miller & Watzin, 2007).…”

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“…Water samples were then collected every 12 h over the course of the 96-h experiment for measurements of chlorophyll a (Miller & Watzin, 2007). Before the collection of samples, the mesocosms were gently stirred to resuspend settled material.…”

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“…Zebra mussels have also reduced the ratios of total nitrogen to total phosphorus (TN:TP) in some systems (Miller & Watzin, 2007). Lower TN:TP ratios could in turn further favor cyanobacteria that are able to fix nitrogen from the atmosphere and do well under nitrogen-limiting conditions (Smith & Bennett, 1999).…”

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“…Other important impacts of zebra mussels include increases in water clarity (Higgins & Vander Zanden, 2010) and alterations in the concentrations of dissolved nutrients, such as ammonia, nitrate, and soluble reactive phosphorous (Makarewicz et al, 2000;Bykova et al, 2006;Miller & Watzin, 2007;Strayer, 2009). Zebra mussels have also reduced the ratios of total nitrogen to total phosphorus (TN:TP) in some systems (Miller & Watzin, 2007).…”

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Effects of invasive zebra mussels on phytoplankton, turbidity, and dissolved nutrients in reservoirs

Kirsch

Dzialowski

2012

Hydrobiologia

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Few experiments have quantified the effects of invasive zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) on man-made reservoirs relative to other aquatic habitats. Reservoirs, however, are the dominate water body type in many of the states that are at the current front of the zebra mussel invasion into the western United States. The objective of this research, therefore, was to determine how zebra mussels affected phytoplankton, turbidity, and dissolved nutrients in water that was collected from three Kansas reservoirs that varied in trophic state (mesotrophic to hypereutrophic), but all experienced frequent cyanobacterial blooms. Laboratory mesocosm experiments were conducted to document the effects of zebra mussels on cyanobacteria and general water quality characteristics in the reservoir water. Zebra mussels significantly reduced algal biomass, and the total biovolume of cyanobacteria (communities were dominated by Anabaena) in each reservoir experiment. The effects of zebra mussels on other major algal groups (diatoms, flagellates, and green algae) and algal diversity were less consistent and varied between the three reservoir experiments. Similarly, the effects of zebra mussels on nutrient concentrations varied between experiments. Zebra mussels increased dissolved phosphorus concentrations in two of the reservoir experiments, but there was no effect of zebra mussels on dissolved phosphorus in the mesotrophic reservoir experiment. Combined, our results strongly suggest that zebra mussels have the potential to significantly impact reservoirs as they continue to expand throughout the western United States. Moreover, the magnitude of these effects may be context dependent and vary depending on the trophic state and/or resident phytoplankton communities of individual reservoirs as has similarly been reported for natural lakes.

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Water quality effects following establishment of the invasive Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas) in a shallow eutrophic lake: implications for pollution mitigation measures

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The Effects of Zebra Mussels on the Lower Planktonic Foodweb in Lake Champlain

Cited by 22 publications

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Rotifer communities in the Laurentian Great Lakes, 1983–2006 and factors affecting their composition

Rotifer communities in the Laurentian Great Lakes, 1983–2006 and factors affecting their composition

Effects of invasive zebra mussels on phytoplankton, turbidity, and dissolved nutrients in reservoirs

Water quality effects following establishment of the invasive Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas) in a shallow eutrophic lake: implications for pollution mitigation measures

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