Do Invasive Mussels Restrict Offshore Phosphorus Transport in Lake Huron?

• Published in: Environmental science & technology Vol. 45; no. 17; pp. 7226 - 7231
• Main Authors: Cha, YoonKyung, Stow, Craig A, Nalepa, Thomas F, Reckhow, Kenneth H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Chemical Society 01.09.2011
• Subjects: Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Animals; Applied ecology; Bays - chemistry; Biological and medical sciences; Bivalvia - metabolism; Canada; Characterization of Natural and Affected Environments; Chlorides - analysis; Diporeia; Dreissena polymorpha; Ecosystem; Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution; Food Chain; Fresh water environment; Freshwater; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Lakes; Lakes - chemistry; Michigan; Mollusks; Nonnative species; Offshore; Phosphorus; Phosphorus - analysis; Sedimentation & deposition; Water Pollutants - analysis; Lake Huron; Great Lakes of America; North America; America; Canada; Michigan; USA, Michigan L., Saginaw Bay; North America, Great Lakes; North America, Huron L; Freshwater environment; Invasive species; Bivalvia; Nutrient; Phosphorus; Invertebrata; Mollusca; Transport; Dreissena polymorpha; Eutrophication

Dreissenid mussels were first documented in the Laurentian Great Lakes in the late 1980s. Zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) spread quickly into shallow, hard-substrate areas; quagga mussels (Dreissena rostriformis bugensis) spread more slowly and are currently colonizing deep, offshore areas. The...