| Abstract: | 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 A? 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 A? 10% of the primary production for western Lake Erie. |
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| ProdID: | 1000616 |
| Citation Author: | Madenjian, Charles P. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Great Lakes Science Center |
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| Citation End Page: | 390 |
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| Citation Language: | English |
| Citation Larger Work Title: | Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | p. 381-390 |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Removal of algae by the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) population in western Lake Erie: a bioenergetics approach; 1995; Article; Journal; Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences; Madenjian, Charles P. |
| Citation Start Page: | 381 |
| Citation Volume: | 52 |
| Citation Year: | 1995 |
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| Text: | Removal of algae by the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) population in western Lake Erie: a bioenergetics approach; 1995; Article; Journal; Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences; Madenjian, Charles P. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| Date Other: | Sun, 1 Jan 1995 00:00 -0600 |
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