Assessment of suitable habitat for Phragmites australis (common reed) in the Great Lakes coastal zone In the Laurentian Great Lakes, the invasive form of Phragmites australis (common reed) poses a threat to highly productive coastal wetlands and shorelines ... ML Carlson Mazur,KP Kowalski,D Galbr...
Most (72%) of these taxa were freshwater species already present in the Great Lakes, whereas 11 and 31% were native to estuarine and marine habitats respectively, and would not be expected to survive in this habitat. Abundance was dominated by barnacles (51%), cladocerans (19%), bivalves ...
Grass Carp, with their voracious appetites … pose a serious threat to waterfowl habitat and wetlands. It is currently estimated that, unless Grass Carp are eradicated immediately, they will quickly colonize the middle and lower Great Lakes and destroy the wetlands.[READ MORE] ...
Do toxic substances pose a threat to rehabilitation of lake trout in the Great Lakes? A review of the literatureZint, M.T.; Taylor, W.W.; Carl, L.; Edsall, C.C.; Heinrich, J.; Sippel, A.; Lavis, D.; Schaner, T.Journal of Great Lakes Research 21(Suppl 1): 530-546...
(FOX 2) - Mayflies have one mission when they sprout their adult wings and take to the skies: find a mate and then make it back to a watery habitat to lay eggs. Or, as Dr. Christine Mayer puts it, "they hook up and die." "The flying stage that we see only lasts a couple ...
Third, assessment methods used for targeting sea lamprey control in the Great Lakes are useful for targeting habitat protection in the native range. Last, assessment methods used to quantify numbers of all life stages of sea lampreys would be appropriate for measuring success of control in the ...
Nevertheless, undertaking eradication at the scale of the Great Lakes would represent a scale several orders of magnitude greater than previous vertebrate pest eradication successes. Undertaking an eradication attempt of sea lampreys across the Great Lakes, given its size, habitat, social and political...
The great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) is undeniably the most well known of the ocean’s many predators. It has, one could say, “form” and is widely considered as a ruthless and terrifying man-eater, which has taken the lives of many innocent swimmers, surfers and divers. Photo-...
What is the biggest threat to the Great White Shark? The biggest threats to the Great White Shark are hunting and habitat degradation. What is the optimal pH for a Great White Shark? The optimal pH for a Great White Shark is between 5.0 and 7.0. ...
We used structured expert judgment and economic analysis to quantify annual impacts on ecosystem services in the Great Lakes, North America of nonindigenous aquatic species introduced by ocean-going ships. For the US waters, median damages aggregated across multiple ecosystem services were 138 million ...