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Predicting the Impact of Zebra Mussels on Trophic Transfers in Green Bay: Ecosystem Modeling and Lower Food Web Interactions with Fish
What role have zebra mussels played in recent changes in the plankton and fish communities and bottom-dwelling organisms of the Green Bay ecosystem? That’s the question this project hopes to answer through a combination of ecosystem and bioenergetics models comparing conditions in the bay during the decade before and decade after 1993, when the bay was invaded by zebra mussels. Green Bay is particularly well suited for this study, and results from this continuing project will have broad applicability for inland lakes as well. Besides addressing the national goal of understanding the ecological changes caused by AIS, this project meets a Fisheries Theme priority of evaluating the biological impacts of AIS on the Great Lakes’ fisheries.
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