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1. Abundance and Trends of Colonial Waterbirds on the Large Lakes of Southern Manitoba

Author:
Wilson Scott; Bazin Ron; Calvert Wendy; Doyle Terry J.; Earsom Stephen D.; Oswald Stephen A.; Arnold Jennifer M.
Source:
Waterbirds 2014 v.37 no.3 pp. 233-244
ISSN:
1524-4695
Subject:
Larus argentatus; Pelecanus erythrorhynchos; Phalacrocorax auritus; Sterna hirundo; breeding; digital images; lakes; monitoring; population; surveys; water birds; Great Lakes; Manitoba
Abstract:
... Regular surveys of waterbird colonies are needed to identify changes in abundance and distribution. Consistent surveys have been maintained in some regions, but one area where updated surveys were needed was southern Manitoba, where Lakes Winnipeg, Winnipegosis and Manitoba had not been jointly surveyed since 1979. In mid-June, 2012, an aerial survey of the region was conducted using digital photo ...
DOI:
10.1675/063.037.0302

2. Adaptations to “Thermal Time” Constraints in Papilio: Latitudinal and Local Size Clines Differ in Response to Regional Climate Change

Author:
J. Mark Scriber; Ben Elliot; Emily Maher; Molly McGuire; Marjie Niblack
Source:
Insects 2014 v.5 no.1 pp. 199-226
ISSN:
2075-4450
Subject:
Papilio glaucus; adults; cold; diapause; eggs; females; global warming; host plants; hybrids; introgression; larvae; larval development; latitude; models; molting; multivoltine habit; oviposition; phenotypic plasticity; pupae; summer; temperature; univoltine habit; wings; Alaska; Florida; Great Lakes; Michigan; Wisconsin
Abstract:
... Adaptations to “thermal time” (=Degree-day) constraints on developmental rates and voltinism for North American tiger swallowtail butterflies involve most life stages, and at higher latitudes include: smaller pupae/adults; larger eggs; oviposition on most nutritious larval host plants; earlier spring adult emergences; faster larval growth and shorter molting durations at lower temperatures. Here w ...
DOI:
10.3390/insects5010199
PubMed:
26462585
PubMed Central:
PMC4592633

3. Age‐specific survival and recruitment of piping plovers Charadrius melodus in the Great Lakes region

Author:
Sarah P. Saunders; Todd W. Arnold; Erin A. Roche; Francesca J. Cuthbert
Source:
Journal of avian biology 2014 v.45 no.5 pp. 437-449
ISSN:
0908-8857
Subject:
probability; winter; nests; males; breeding; hurricanes; models; habitats; adults; hatching; Charadrius; Falco; chicks; body condition; females; Great Lakes; United States; Great Lakes region
Abstract:
... Juvenile survival and age at first breeding (i.e. recruitment) are critical parameters affecting population dynamics in birds, but high levels of natal dispersal preclude measurement of these variables in most species. We used multi‐state capture–recapture models to measure age‐specific survival and recruitment probabilities of piping plovers Charadrius melodus in the Great Lakes region during 199 ...
DOI:
10.1111/jav.00319

4. Alternative Metrics for Evaluating Forest Integrity and Assessing Change at Four Northern-tier U.S. National Parks

Author:
Sanders Suzanne; Grochowski Jessica
Source:
American midland naturalist 2014 v.171 no.2 pp. 185-203
ISSN:
0003-0031
Subject:
basins; ecosystems; forests; gauges; habitats; islands; life history; monitoring; national parks; organic horizons; overstory; pollination; species diversity; understory; woody plants; Great Lakes; United States
Abstract:
... Measures of forest integrity often focus on only one or a small number of metrics (e.g., regeneration, soil organic layer depth). It is possible, however, to view forest integrity more holistically, using the species assemblages present as phytometers, or integrative measures of the complete set of drivers, stressors, and filters acting on the ecosystem. Thus, the species themselves express forest ...
DOI:
10.1674/0003-0031-171.2.185

5. Aquatic ecosystem dynamics following petroleum hydrocarbon perturbations: A review of the current state of knowledge

Author:
G. Perhar; G.B. Arhonditsis
Source:
Journal of Great Lakes research 2014 v.40 pp. 56-72
ISSN:
0380-1330
Subject:
aquatic ecosystems; aquatic environment; benthic organisms; disasters; evaporation; fish; industry; mammals; models; oil spills; petroleum; phytoplankton; risk; shipping; toxicity; trophic levels; water birds; zooplankton; Great Lakes
Abstract:
... Petroleum hydrocarbon spills in aquatic environments are among the worst ecological disasters resultant of global trade and commerce. History has shown that despite taking measures to minimize their frequency, large spills still occur. Crude oil spilled in aquatic environments poses a significant threat to aquatic life, as toxic effects cascade across trophic levels, affecting phytoplankton, zoopl ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jglr.2014.05.013

6. Aquatic ecosystems across boundaries: Significance of international agreements and cooperation

Author:
Göran Dave; Mohiuddin Munawar
Source:
Aquatic ecosystem health & management 2014 v.17 no.4 pp. 437-446
ISSN:
1539-4077
Subject:
aquatic ecosystems; biodiversity; climate change; eutrophication; forests; international agreements; invasive species; minerals; oils; overfishing; pollution; shipping; water quality; Great Lakes
Abstract:
... Historically, international environmental agreements on shared transboundary waters have dealt with exploitation of natural resources like oil, minerals, forests, fisheries, shipping and trade. Presently the focus is on environmental issues relevant to conservation, restoration, protection, sustainability over-fishing, pollution, invasive species and climate change. Global assessment indicates a l ...
DOI:
10.1080/14634988.2014.978245

7. Attribution of Decadal-Scale Lake-Level Trends in the Michigan-Huron System

Author:
Janel Hanrahan; Paul Roebber; Sergey Kravtsov
Source:
Water 2014 v.6 no.8 pp. 2278-2299
ISSN:
2073-4441
Subject:
climate change; lakes; storms; summer; time series analysis; winter; Great Lakes
Abstract:
... This study disentangles causes of the Michigan-Huron system lake-level variability. Regional precipitation is identified as the primary driver of lake levels with sub-monthly time lag, implying that the lake-level time series can be used as a proxy for regional precipitation throughout most of the 1865–present instrumental record. Aside from secular variations associated with the Atlantic Multidec ...
DOI:
10.3390/w6082278

8. Bacterial Pathogen Gene Abundance and Relation to Recreational Water Quality at Seven Great Lakes Beaches

Author:
Oster Ryan J.; Wijesinghe Rasanthi U.; Haack Sheridan K.; Fogarty Lisa R.; Tucker Taaja R.; Riley Stephen C.
Source:
Environmental Science & Technology 2014 v.48 no.24 pp. 14148-14157
ISSN:
1520-5851
Subject:
Campylobacter jejuni; DNA; Escherichia coli O157; Salmonella; Shigella; algae; beaches; correlation; environmental factors; genes; geographical variation; microbiological risk assessment; nucleotide sequences; pathogens; probability; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; sediments; water quality; water quality criteria; Great Lakes; Michigan
Abstract:
... Quantitative assessment of bacterial pathogens, their geographic variability, and distribution in various matrices at Great Lakes beaches are limited. Quantitative PCR (qPCR) was used to test for genes from E. coli O157:H7 (eaeO₁₅₇), shiga-toxin producing E. coli (stx2), Campylobacter jejuni (mapA), Shigella spp. (ipaH), and a Salmonella enterica-specific (SE) DNA sequence at seven Great Lakes bea ...
DOI:
10.1021/es5038657

9. A Bayesian approach to conservation genetics of Blanding’s turtle (Emys blandingii) in Ontario, Canada

Author:
Christina M. Davy; Pedro H. Bernardo; Robert W. Murphy
Source:
Conservation genetics 2014 v.15 no.2 pp. 319-330
ISSN:
1566-0621
Subject:
endangered species; gene flow; genetic variation; population structure; species dispersal; turtles; Great Lakes; Ontario
Abstract:
... Blanding’s turtle, Emys blandingii, is a globally endangered species with a range centred on the Great Lakes of North America. Several disjunct populations also occur along the East Coast of North America. Previous studies suggest that the Great Lakes portion of the species’ range exhibits panmixia. However, E. blandingii is restricted to relatively small populations in many areas around the Great ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10592-013-0540-5

10. A Bayesian methodological framework for setting fish tumor occurrence delisting criteria: A case study in St. Marys River area of concern

Author:
Maryam Mahmood; E. Agnes Blukacz-Richards; Paul C. Baumann; Mark McMaster; Monir Hossain; George B. Arhonditsis
Source:
Journal of Great Lakes research 2014 v.40 pp. 88-101
ISSN:
0380-1330
Subject:
basins; case studies; fish; liver; models; neoplasms; partridges; probability; rivers; Great Lakes
Abstract:
... Fish tumors and other deformities are a class of Beneficial Use Impairment (BUIs) established by the International Joint Commission to identify Areas of Concern (AOC) in the Great Lakes basin. The St. Marys River has been impaired by fish tumors and other deformities since its designation as an AOC in 1987. In this study, we present a Bayesian modeling framework that is founded upon the explicit c ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jglr.2014.04.003

11. Beach science in the Great Lakes

Author:
Meredith B. Nevers; Murulee N. Byappanahalli; Thomas A. Edge; Richard L. Whitman
Source:
Journal of Great Lakes research 2014 v.40 pp. 1-14
ISSN:
0380-1330
Subject:
Enterococcus; Escherichia coli; algae; beaches; coliform bacteria; epidemiology; freshwater; habitats; health promotion; human health; indicator species; limnology; metagenomics; meteorology; molecular models; monitoring; risk; sand; soil; surface water; water quality; water quality standards; Great Lakes
Abstract:
... Monitoring beach waters for human health has led to an increase and evolution of science in the Great Lakes, which includes microbiology, limnology, hydrology, meteorology, epidemiology, and metagenomics, among others. In recent years, concerns over the accuracy of water quality standards at protecting human health have led to a significant interest in understanding the risk associated with water ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jglr.2013.12.011

12. Behavioural response of larval sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) in a laboratory environment to potential damage-released chemical alarm cues

Author:
K. Perrault; I. Imre; G.E. Brown
Source:
Canadian journal of zoology 2014 v.92 no.5 pp. 443-447
ISSN:
1480-3283
Subject:
Petromyzon marinus; Xiphophorus; indigenous species; larvae; repellents; risk assessment; stream channels; swimming; toxicity; trapping; Great Lakes
Abstract:
... Sea lampreys (Petromyzon marinus L., 1758) invaded the Great Lakes early in the 20th century and have caused economic and ecological damage to native fish species. The integrated sea lamprey control program involves low-head barrier dams, lampricides, and trapping. The search for low cost and less toxic alternatives to lampricides could involve the use of repellents in the form of chemical alarm c ...
DOI:
10.1139/cjz-2013-0095

13. Bioassessment of Freshwater Ecosystems using the Reference Condition Approach: Comparing Established and New Methods with Common Data Sets

Author:
Bailey Robert C.; Linke Simon; Yates Adam G.
Source:
Journal of the North American Benthological Society 2014 v.33 no.4 pp. 1204-1211
ISSN:
0887-3593
Subject:
North Americans; analytical methods; artificial intelligence; biological assessment; data collection; environmental monitoring; eutrophication; lentic systems; limnology; macroinvertebrates; models; rivers; streams; watersheds; Australian Capital Territory; Great Lakes; Yukon Territory
Abstract:
... Although used in many jurisdictions around the world, analytical approaches of the Reference Condition Approach (RCA) to bioassessment of freshwater ecosystems have evolved quite slowly over the past 2 decades. For this special series of papers in Freshwater Science, researchers analyzed 3 data sets that included both benthic macroinvertebrate and environmental data from a number of reference site ...
DOI:
10.1086/678771

14. Blocking and guiding adult sea lamprey with pulsed direct current from vertical electrodes

Author:
Nicholas S. Johnson; Henry T. Thompson; Christopher Holbrook; John A. Tix
Source:
Fisheries research 2014 v.150 pp. 38-48
ISSN:
0165-7836
Subject:
Catostomus commersonii; Oncorhynchus mykiss; Petromyzon marinus; adults; electric current; electric field; electrodes; energy use and consumption; fish; invasive species; streams; trapping; Great Lakes
Abstract:
... Controlling the invasion front of aquatic nuisance species is of high importance to resource managers. We tested the hypothesis that adult sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus), a destructive invasive species in the Laurentian Great Lakes, would exhibit behavioral avoidance to dual-frequency pulsed direct current generated by vertical electrodes and that the electric field would not injure or kill sea ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.fishres.2013.10.006

15. Body Mass in Common Loons (Gavia immer) Strongly Associated with Migration Distance

Author:
Gray Carrie E.; Paruk James D.; DeSorbo Christopher R.; Savoy Lucas J.; Yates David E.; Chickering Michael D.; Gray Rick B.; Taylor Kate M.; Long Darwin; Schoch Nina; Hanson William; Cooley John; Evers David C.
Source:
Waterbirds 2014 v.37 no.sp1 pp. 64-75
ISSN:
1524-4695
Subject:
Gavia; adults; biodiversity; birds; breeding; females; males; population; Canada; Great Lakes
Abstract:
... During 25 field seasons between 1988 and 2012, Biodiversity Research Institute captured and uniquely color-banded 2,730 adult Common Loons (Gavia immer) on breeding territories in 11 States and seven Provinces throughout North America. Body mass was obtained from each individual; tarsus and bill measurements were obtained from more than half the birds banded. Clinal variation in body mass, tarsal ...
DOI:
10.1675/063.037.sp109

16. Building partnerships to address conservation and management of western Michigan's natural resources:BRIDGES*

Author:
Isely Elaine Sterrett; Steinman Alan D.; Isely Paul N.; Parsell Michael A.
Source:
Freshwater science 2014 v.33 no.2 pp. 679-685
ISSN:
2161-9565
Subject:
agricultural land; assets; case studies; dunes; ecosystem services; forests; grasslands; habitats; inventories; lakes; rivers; shorelines; stakeholders; stormwater management; streams; watershed management; watersheds; wetlands; Great Lakes; Michigan
Abstract:
... Western Michigan's inventory of natural resources includes Great Lakes sand dunes; grasslands; forests; wetlands; lakes, rivers, and streams; shorelines and riparian habitats; and unique farmland. All of these environmental assets are under continuous threat of fragmentation and development, and numerous efforts have been undertaken to protect them. Many of these local and regional efforts include ...
DOI:
10.1086/675933

17. Changes to a Brown Trout Population after Introducing Steelhead in a Michigan Stream

Author:
Andrew J. Nuhfer; Todd C. Wills; Troy G. Zorn
Source:
North American journal of fisheries management 2014 v.34 no.2 pp. 411-423
ISSN:
1548-8675
Subject:
Oncorhynchus mykiss; Salmo trutta; adults; case studies; fisheries; habitats; juveniles; managers; migratory behavior; population density; population dynamics; spring; streams; survival rate; trout; Great Lakes; Michigan
Abstract:
... We evaluated the effects of steelhead Oncorhynchus mykiss (migratory Rainbow Trout) introduction on the population dynamics of resident Brown Trout Salmo trutta from 1995 to 2008 in a small, low-gradient trout stream. Data on Brown Trout population density, survival, and growth were collected from the treatment section in Hunt Creek, Michigan, where adult steelhead were stocked each spring during ...
DOI:
10.1080/02755947.2014.882455

18. Classification of watersheds into integrated social and biophysical indicators with clustering analysis

Author:
Alex Mayer; Richelle Winkler; Lauren Fry
Source:
Ecological indicators 2014 v.45 pp. 340-349
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
agricultural land; basins; cluster analysis; environmental factors; intensive farming; lakes; land use; landscapes; models; monitoring; socioeconomic status; watersheds; wetlands; Great Lakes; United States
Abstract:
... In this work, we classify watersheds in the US portion of the Great Lakes basin according to a wide range of social and environmental characteristics. Classified watershed indicators serve to provide organizing principles for prescribing effective management strategies and for developing regional scale monitoring and modeling efforts. Classifications also provide a means for synthesizing seemingly ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.04.030

19. Colonial waterbird site occupancy dynamics reflect variation in colony site environments in the U.S. Great Lakes

Author:
Katherine E. Wyman; Linda R. Wires; Francesca J. Cuthbert
Source:
Journal of Great Lakes research 2014 v.40 pp. 956-963
ISSN:
0380-1330
Subject:
Bayesian theory; Markov chain; Monte Carlo method; aquatic ecosystems; breeding; breeding season; human-wildlife relations; models; social environment; surveys; water birds; Great Lakes; United States
Abstract:
... Colonies of breeding waterbirds are salient biological features of many of the world’s great lakes. Globally, status of colonial waterbird populations ranges from declining and in need of conservation to maintain their roles in aquatic ecosystems, to “overabundant” and managed to reduce human-wildlife conflict; both ends of this spectrum are observed in the North American Great Lakes. Conservation ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jglr.2014.09.013

20. Comparative Bioenergetics Modeling of Two Lake Trout Morphotypes

Author:
Megan V. Kepler; Tyler Wagner; John A. Sweka
Source:
Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 2014 v.143 no.6 pp. 1592-1604
ISSN:
1548-8659
Subject:
Alosa pseudoharengus; Bayesian theory; Petromyzon marinus; Salvelinus namaycush; energy metabolism; habitats; invasive species; juveniles; models; overfishing; parasitism; prediction; respiratory rate; spawning; temperature; uncertainty; Great Lakes
Abstract:
... Efforts to restore Lake Trout Salvelinus namaycush in the Laurentian Great Lakes have been hampered for decades by several factors, including overfishing and invasive species (e.g., parasitism by Sea Lampreys Petromyzon marinus and reproductive deficiencies associated with consumption of Alewives Alosa pseudoharengus). Restoration efforts are complicated by the presence of multiple body forms (i.e ...
DOI:
10.1080/00028487.2014.954051

21. Composition, Structure, and Trajectories of Great Lakes Coastal Pine Forests in Relation to Historical Baselines and Disturbance History

Author:
Fahey Robert T.
Source:
American midland naturalist 2014 v.172 no.2 pp. 285-302
ISSN:
0003-0031
Subject:
Pinus; age structure; anthropogenic activities; canopy; coastal forests; coniferous forests; ecosystems; fires; lakes; logging; overstory; public lands; stand composition; surveys; understory; wildlife habitats; Great Lakes; Michigan
Abstract:
... Pine forests have historically been an important component of Great Lakes coastal ecosystems that provide wildlife habitat and other ecosystem functions. The area covered by coastal forests and the dominance of pines within remaining forests have been greatly reduced over the past ∼200 y by logging, development, and other anthropogenic activities. This study assessed stand history and composition ...
DOI:
10.1674/0003-0031-172.2.285

22. Congruence of community thresholds in response to anthropogenic stress in Great Lakes coastal wetlands

Author:
Kovalenko K. E.; Brady V. J.; Brown T. N.; Ciborowski J. J. H.; Danz N. P.; Gathman J. P.; Host G. E.; Howe R. W.; Johnson L. B.; Niemi G. J.; Reavie E. D.
Source:
Journal of the North American Benthological Society 2014 v.33 no.3 pp. 958-971
ISSN:
0887-3593
Subject:
Bacillariophyceae; North Americans; animal communities; anthropogenic activities; birds; community structure; conservation areas; ecosystems; fish; freshwater; indicator species; issues and policy; macroinvertebrates; plant communities; uncertainty; watersheds; wetlands; Great Lakes
Abstract:
... Biological attributes of ecosystems often change nonlinearly as a function of anthropogenic and natural stress. Plant and animal communities may exhibit zones of change along a stressor gradient that are disproportionate relative to the incremental change in the stressor. The ability to predict such transitions is essential for effective management intervention because they may indicate irreversib ...
DOI:
10.1086/676913

23. Contaminant Trends in Freshwater Fish from the Laurentian Great Lakes: A 20-Year Analysis

Author:
John A. Dellinger; Michael D. Moths; Matthew J. Dellinger; Michael P. Ripley
Source:
Human and ecological risk assessment 2014 v.20 no.2 pp. 461-478
ISSN:
1549-7860
Subject:
Salvelinus namaycush; United States Environmental Protection Agency; eicosapentaenoic acid; emissions; fillets; fish consumption; fisheries; freshwater fish; hexachlorobenzene; human health; mercury; mirex; nutrients; polychlorinated biphenyls; risk; toxaphene; Great Lakes
Abstract:
... Although dietary concerns of Laurentian Great Lakes (GL) fish focus on the risk from persistent bioaccumulative toxicant (PBT) contaminants, fish are also an important source of nutrients beneficial to human health such as polyunsaturated fatty acids (e.g ., eicosapentanoic acid and docosahexanoic acid). This study presents PBT trend data from the GL tribal fisheries over the past 20 years. PBT co ...
DOI:
10.1080/10807039.2012.759475

24. Could an Asian carp population establish in the Great Lakes from a small introduction?

Author:
K. Cuddington; W. J. S. Currie; M. A. Koops
Source:
Biological invasions 2014 v.16 no.4 pp. 903-917
ISSN:
1387-3547
Subject:
adults; carp; environmental factors; introduced species; risk; rivers; sexual maturity; watersheds; Great Lakes; Illinois; Mississippi; Missouri
Abstract:
... Bighead (Hypothalmichthys nobilis) and Silver carp (Hypothalmichthys molitrix) have established populations in the Mississippi, Illinois, Missouri and Maumee rivers, and because of the hydrological connections, there is now a risk that these species may establish in the Great Lake basins. It has been suggested this risk is minimal because of the small number of fish that breach containment measure ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10530-013-0547-3

25. Coupling Socioeconomic and Lake Systems for Sustainability: A Conceptual Analysis Using Lake St. Clair Region as a Case Study

Author:
Georgia Mavrommati; Melissa M. Baustian; Erin A. Dreelin
Source:
Ambio 2014 v.43 no.3 pp. 275-287
ISSN:
0044-7447
Subject:
case studies; decision making; dynamic models; environmental impact; humans; lakes; land use; refining; shipping; stakeholders; tourism; Great Lakes
Abstract:
... Applying sustainability at an operational level requires understanding the linkages between socioeconomic and natural systems. We identified linkages in a case study of the Lake St. Clair (LSC) region, part of the Laurentian Great Lakes system. Our research phases included: (1) investigating and revising existing coupled human and natural systems frameworks to develop a framework for this case stu ...
DOI:
10.1007/s13280-013-0432-4
PubMed:
23949895
PubMed Central:
PMC3946116

26. DDT and HCH, two discontinued organochlorine insecticides in the Great Lakes region: Isomer trends and sources

Author:
Marta Venier; Ronald A. Hites
Source:
Environment international 2014 v.69 pp. 159-165
ISSN:
0160-4120
Subject:
DDT (pesticide); HCH (pesticide); air; cities; dicofol; isomers; lindane; manufacturing; Great Lakes; Great Lakes region; United States
Abstract:
... The uses of the insecticides 1,1′-(2,2,2-trichloroethylidene)bis[4-chlorobenzene] (p,p′-DDT) and γ-hexachlorocyclohexane (γ-HCH) have been discontinued for several years, but they are still consistently detected in air samples collected on the shores of the Great Lakes. Although the agricultural uses of DDT have been restricted in the United States since 1972, DDT continued to be used to manufactu ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envint.2014.03.028

27. Denitrification in a Laurentian Great Lakes coastal wetland invaded by hybrid cattail (Typha × glauca)

Author:
Shane C. Lishawa; KathiJo Jankowski; Pamela Geddes; Daniel J. Larkin; Andrew M. Monks; Nancy C. Tuchman
Source:
Aquatic sciences 2014 v.76 no.4 pp. 483-495
ISSN:
1015-1621
Subject:
sediments; wetlands; correlation; hybrids; water quality; plant communities; ecosystem services; soil organic matter; Typha; environmental factors; carbon; pollution; invasive species; biodiversity; denitrification; aquatic ecosystems; society; Great Lakes
Abstract:
... Wetland ecosystems maintain and improve water quality through the process of denitrification, an increasingly important ecosystem service due to global N pollution. Invasive plants have the potential to disrupt denitrification by altering the environmental conditions that facilitate this process. Great Lakes coastal wetlands are experiencing widespread invasion by highly productive hybrid cattail ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00027-014-0348-5

28. Designing long-term fish community assessments in connecting channels: Lessons from the Saint Marys River

Author:
Jeffrey S. Schaeffer; Mark W. Rogers; David G. Fielder; Neal Godby; Anjanette Bowen; Lisa O'Connor; Josh Parrish; Susan Greenwood; Stephen Chong; Greg Wright
Source:
Journal of Great Lakes research 2014 v.40 pp. 15-22
ISSN:
0380-1330
Subject:
Perca flavescens; age structure; community structure; fish; fish communities; gillnets; monitoring; rivers; species diversity; statistical analysis; surveys; Great Lakes
Abstract:
... Long-term surveys are useful in understanding trends in connecting channel fish communities; a gill net assessment in the Saint Marys River performed periodically since 1975 is the most comprehensive connecting channels sampling program within the Laurentian Great Lakes. We assessed efficiency of that survey, with intent to inform development of assessments at other connecting channels. We evaluat ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jglr.2014.03.002

29. Development and application of a molecular assay to detect and monitor geosmin-producing cyanobacteria and actinomycetes in the Great Lakes

Author:
Olga A. Kutovaya; Sue B. Watson
Source:
Journal of Great Lakes research 2014 v.40 pp. 404-414
ISSN:
0380-1330
Subject:
Actinobacteria; Anabaena; ambient temperature; biomass; biosynthesis; databases; drinking; financial economics; fisheries; gene expression; genes; geosmin; microorganisms; nutrient content; phylogeny; phytoplankton; reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; sediments; sesquiterpenoids; sports; watersheds; Great Lakes
Abstract:
... Geosmin is a potent earthy-smelling sesquiterpene responsible for the majority of biologically induced taste-and-odor (T/O) episodes in drinking and recreational water, and major economic losses to commercial, farmed and sports fisheries. Geosmin is produced by a range of microorganisms, notably by cyanobacteria and actinomycetes. However, the effective management of geosmin T/O episodes has been ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jglr.2014.03.016

30. Development of freshwater sediment management standards for organic matters, nutrients, and metals in Korea

Author:
In Ae Huh; Yong Seok Kim; Soon Ju Yu; Stella Wong; Won Sik Shin; Hye Ok Park; Ho Jeong Kim; Hyun Woo Kim
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2014 v.21 no.1 pp. 86-94
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
organic matter; lead; guidelines; nutrients; phosphorus; sediments; nitrogen content; data collection; cadmium; ecosystems; screening; databases; freshwater; managers; water quality; arsenic; chromium; rivers; mercury; zinc; Great Lakes; Korean Peninsula; Ontario
Abstract:
... Korean water quality managers are required to promptly develop national assessment standards for freshwater sediment quality due to the Four Major River Restoration Project in Korea in 2009. We conducted this study to develop sediment management standards (SMSs), determining obviously and severely polluted sediment, which could have adverse impacts on water quality and aquatic ecosystem. The SMSs ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-013-2093-z
PubMed:
24022097

31. Differences in spatiotemporal variations of atmospheric PAH levels between North America and Europe: Data from two air monitoring projects

Author:
Liang-Ying Liu; Petr Kukučka; Marta Venier; Amina Salamova; Jana Klánová; Ronald A. Hites
Source:
Environment international 2014 v.64 pp. 48-55
ISSN:
0160-4120
Subject:
air; atmospheric deposition; dunes; molecular weight; monitoring; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; seasonal variation; spatial variation; Czech Republic; Great Lakes; North America; Norway
Abstract:
... Atmospheric concentrations of high molecular weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were measured at five sites for almost two decades near the North American Great Lakes, as part of the Integrated Atmospheric Deposition Network (IADN), and at three remote sites around Europe, as part of the European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (EMEP). The primary objectives were to reveal the spat ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envint.2013.11.008

32. Domestic ships as a potential pathway of nonindigenous species from the Saint Lawrence River to the Great Lakes

Author:
Abisola A. Adebayo; Aibin Zhan; Sarah A. Bailey; Hugh J. MacIsaac
Source:
Biological invasions 2014 v.16 no.4 pp. 793-801
ISSN:
1387-3547
Subject:
Cancer irroratus; Copepoda; Gammarus; ballast water; euryhaline species; freshwater; introduced species; risk; ships; Great Lakes; Saint Lawrence River
Abstract:
... Ballast water moved by transoceanic vessels has been recognized globally as a predominant vector for the introduction of aquatic nonindigenous species (NIS). In contrast, domestic ships operating within confined geographic areas have been viewed as low risk for invasions, and are exempt from regulation in consequence. We examined if the St. Lawrence River could serve as a source of NIS for the Lau ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10530-013-0537-5
PubMed:
31275055
PubMed Central:
PMC6568021

33. Dynamics of an Introduced and Unexploited Lake Whitefish Population in Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho

Author:
Michael A. Hosack; Michael J. Hansen; Ned J. Horner
Source:
North American journal of fisheries management 2014 v.34 no.5 pp. 1014-1027
ISSN:
1548-8675
Subject:
Coregonus clupeaformis; adults; autumn; confidence interval; females; fish; fisheries; juveniles; lakes; males; models; mortality; population density; spring; surface area; sustainable fisheries; Great Lakes; Idaho
Abstract:
... To evaluate biological potential of a commercial fishery for an unexploited Lake Whitefish Coregonus clupeaformis population in Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho, we estimated population parameters related to production and yield. The length frequency based on trap-netting in autumn 2005 was normal with a mean of 448 mm TL, whereas the length frequency based on gillnetting in spring 2006 was bimodal with a ...
DOI:
10.1080/02755947.2014.943862

34. Effect of Season and Habitat on PCB Bioaccumulation by Caged Bluegill Sunfish Deployed in a Great Lakes Area of Concern

Author:
Anne McLeod; T. A. Leadley; K. G. Drouillard; G. D. Haffner
Source:
Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology 2014 v.93 no.1 pp. 1-6
ISSN:
0007-4861
Subject:
Lepomis macrochirus; bioaccumulation; body weight; fish; habitats; lipid content; polychlorinated biphenyls; summer; winter; Great Lakes
Abstract:
... Bluegill sunfish were caged in the Detroit River, Ontario, Canada, for 64 days to determine bioaccumulation rates of PCBs. Deployments involved placing fish in cages suspended in the water (suspended cages) compared to cages partially buried in sediments. Deployments were performed in the summer and winter months. During summer, fish exhibited significant increases in body weight and lipid content ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00128-014-1280-z
PubMed:
24744127

35. The Effects of Plastic Pollution on Aquatic Wildlife: Current Situations and Future Solutions

Author:
Michelle Sigler
Source:
Water, air, and soil pollution 2014 v.225 no.11 pp. 2184
ISSN:
0049-6979
Subject:
death; ecosystems; ingestion; invasive species; landfills; municipal solid waste; oceans; oils; plastics; pollution; wildlife; Great Lakes
Abstract:
... The majority of consumer products used today are comprised of some form of plastic. Worldwide, almost 280 million t of plastic materials are produced annually, much of which ends up in landfills or the oceans (Shaw and Sahni Journal of Mechanical and Civil Engineering 46–48, 2014). While plastics are lightweight, inexpensive, and durable, these same qualities can make them very harmful to wildlife ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11270-014-2184-6

36. Effects of alternative forest management on biomass and species diversity in the face of climate change in the northern Great Lakes region (USA)

Author:
Matthew J. Duveneck; Robert M. Scheller; Mark A. White
Source:
Canadian journal of forest research 2014 v.44 no.7 pp. 700-710
ISSN:
0045-5067
Subject:
Abies balsamea; aboveground biomass; climate; climate change; ecotones; emissions; forest management; forest reserves; forest types; landscapes; latitude; managers; silviculture; simulation models; species diversity; Great Lakes; Great Lakes region; Michigan; Minnesota
Abstract:
... Northern Great Lakes forests represent an ecotone in the boreal–temperate transition zone and are expected to change dramatically with climate change. Managers are increasingly seeking adaptation strategies to manage these forests. We explored the efficacy of two alternative management scenarios compared with business-as-usual (BAU) management: expanding forest reserves meant to preserve forest id ...
DOI:
10.1139/cjfr-2013-0391

37. Effects of different cooking methods on fatty acid profiles in four freshwater fishes from the Laurentian Great Lakes region

Author:
Margaret R. Neff; Satyendra P. Bhavsar; Eric Braekevelt; Michael T. Arts
Source:
Food chemistry 2014 v.164 pp. 544-550
ISSN:
0308-8146
Subject:
baking; broiling; canola; cooked foods; cooking fats and oils; fatty acid composition; fillets; freshwater fish; human nutrition; omega-3 fatty acids; rivers; Great Lakes; Great Lakes region
Abstract:
... Fish is often promoted as a healthy part of the human diet due its high content of long chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFA). Previous studies have shown that cooked fish can have different fatty acid profiles than raw fillets, depending on the cooking method and fish species. In this study, the fatty acid content of broiled, baked or fried skinless, boneless fillets of four fish specie ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodchem.2014.04.104

38. Effects of shoreline type, riparian zone and instream microhabitat on fish species richness and abundance in the Detroit River

Author:
Nicolas W.R. Lapointe
Source:
Journal of Great Lakes research 2014 v.40 pp. 62-68
ISSN:
0380-1330
Subject:
ecosystems; fish; habitat destruction; microhabitats; organic matter; riparian areas; rivers; shorelines; species diversity; Great Lakes
Abstract:
... Widespread development of shorelines has contributed to habitat loss and degradation, affecting aquatic taxa across a wide range of systems. The nearshore zone offers unique fish habitat, with terrestrial systems providing structure, cover and organic matter. My objective in this study was to examine relationships between shoreline types and fishes in the Detroit River, a large Laurentian Great La ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jglr.2013.02.004

39. Emergence of nutrient-cycling feedbacks related to plant size and invasion success in a wetland community–ecosystem model

Author:
William S. Currie; Deborah E. Goldberg; Jason Martina; Radka Wildova; Emily Farrer; Kenneth J. Elgersma
Source:
Ecological modelling 2014 v.282 pp. 69-82
ISSN:
0304-3800
Subject:
asexual reproduction; biogeochemical cycles; coasts; colonizing ability; community structure; ecosystems; invasive species; marshes; models; nitrogen; plants (botany); species diversity; Great Lakes
Abstract:
... Invasive plants in wetlands may alter community composition through complex interactions related to elevated N inflows, plant size, litter production, and ecosystem N retention and recycling. To investigate these interactions, we constructed an individual-based model, Mondrian, that integrates individual growth and clonal reproduction, nutrient competitive interactions among species, and ecosystem ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2014.01.010

40. Energy budget considerations for hydro-climatic impact assessment in Great Lakes watersheds

Author:
Rabi Gyawali; David W. Watkins; Veronica W. Griffis; Brent M. Lofgren
Source:
Journal of Great Lakes research 2014 v.40 pp. 940-948
ISSN:
0380-1330
Subject:
basins; evapotranspiration; energy; climate change; watersheds; surface temperature; climate models; runoff; climatic factors; energy conservation; hydrologic models; prediction; Great Lakes
Abstract:
... Given the large share of the water budget contributed by evapotranspiration (ET), accurately estimating ET is critical for hydro-climate change studies. Routinely, hydrologic models use temperature proxy relationships to estimate potential evapotranspiration (PET) when forced using GCM/RCM projections of precipitation and temperature. A limitation of this approach is that the temperature proxy rel ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jglr.2014.09.005

41. Environmental change and seasonal behavior of mastodons in the Great Lakes region inferred from stable isotope analysis

Author:
Jessica Z. Metcalfe; Fred J. Longstaffe
Source:
Quaternary research 2014 v.82 no.2 pp. 366-377
ISSN:
0033-5894
Subject:
Americans; Elephantidae; carbon; cervix; climate; diet; drinking water; eating habits; fauna; oxygen; sampling; seasonal variation; stable isotopes; tooth enamel; vegetation; Great Lakes; Great Lakes region; Ontario
Abstract:
... We investigate seasonal variations in the diet and drinking water of four Great Lakes mastodon (Mammut americanum) specimens using stable isotope analysis of serially sampled inner-enamel bioapatite structural carbonate (δ¹³Csc, δ¹⁸Osc), and previously published bulk analyses. Isotopic analyses and thin section measurements showed that mastodon tooth enamel extension rates (~12–4mm/yr, decreasing ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.yqres.2014.07.002

42. Estimating the distribution of the imperiled pugnose shiner (Notropis anogenus) in the St. Lawrence River using a habitat model

Author:
M.R. McCusker; N.E. Mandrak; S. Doka; E.L. Gertzen; J.F. van Wieren; J.E. McKenna; D.M. Carlson; N.R. Lovejoy
Source:
Journal of Great Lakes research 2014 v.40 pp. 980-988
ISSN:
0380-1330
Subject:
Notropis anogenus; algorithms; basins; biogeography; endangered species; habitat conservation; habitats; hydrodynamics; lakes; minnows; models; risk; rivers; submerged aquatic plants; watersheds; Canada; Great Lakes; Mississippi River; New York; Saint Lawrence River
Abstract:
... The pugnose shiner, Notropis anogenus, is a small minnow that occurs in the Great Lakes basin and Upper Mississippi River basin. It was listed as ‘Endangered’ under the Canadian Species at Risk Act (SARA) and by the State of New York, largely due to its rarity, fragmented distribution, and degraded habitat. Our objective was to use species distribution modeling to better understand the spatial ext ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jglr.2014.09.014

43. Evaluating AUSRIVAS Predictive Model Performance for Detecting Simulated Eutrophication Effects on Invertebrate Assemblages

Author:
Nichols Susan J.; Reynoldson Trefor B.; Harrison Evan T.
Source:
Journal of the North American Benthological Society 2014 v.33 no.4 pp. 1212-1224
ISSN:
0887-3593
Subject:
North Americans; anthropogenic activities; biological assessment; data collection; eutrophication; invertebrates; model validation; models; rivers; Australian Capital Territory; Great Lakes; Yukon Territory
Abstract:
... Confidence in any bioassessment method is related to its ability to detect ecological improvement or impairment. We evaluated Australian River Assessment (AUSRIVAS)-style predictive models built using referencesite data sets from the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), the Yukon Territory (YT; Canada), and the Laurentian Great Lakes (GL; North America) area. We evaluated model performance as abili ...
DOI:
10.1086/678946

44. Evaluating gonadosomatic index as an estimator of reproductive condition in the invasive round goby, Neogobius melanostomus

Author:
Jeffrey N. Zeyl; Oliver P. Love; Dennis M. Higgs
Source:
Journal of Great Lakes research 2014 v.40 pp. 164-171
ISSN:
0380-1330
Subject:
Neogobius melanostomus; correlation; estradiol; females; fish; gonadosomatic index; histology; males; ovulation; spawning; testes; testosterone; Great Lakes
Abstract:
... Using gonadosomatic index cut-off scores has become a standard protocol for selecting reproductive fish in studies on the reproductive biology of round goby, Neogobius melanostomus, a significant invader of the Laurentian Great Lakes, but the validity of this practice has not been validated with histological staging. The goal of the current study was to evaluate the effectiveness of using gonadoso ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jglr.2013.12.004

45. Evaluating impairment in Wisconsin Areas of Concern using relative abundance of Smallmouth Bass

Author:
Andrew H. Fayram; Brian M. Weigel; John Lyons; Thomas Simmons
Source:
Aquatic ecosystem health & management 2014 v.17 no.2 pp. 107-114
ISSN:
1539-4077
Subject:
Micropterus dolomieu; aquatic environment; ecosystems; estuaries; fish; monitoring; rivers; wildlife; Great Lakes; Wisconsin
Abstract:
... Smallmouth Bass (Micropterus dolomieu) is an important sportfish and has been suggested as a restoration target species in degraded aquatic environments such as “Areas of Concern” in the Great Lakes basin. Determining expected relative densities of fish and wildlife populations, such as Smallmouth Bass, in least-impacted situations is central to developing effective monitoring programs, assessing ...
DOI:
10.1080/14634988.2014.904133

46. Evaluating the effect of persistence on long-term trends and analyzing step changes in streamflows of the continental United States

Author:
Soumya Sagarika; Ajay Kalra; Sajjad Ahmad
Source:
Journal of hydrology 2014 v.517 pp. 36-53
ISSN:
0022-1694
Subject:
autumn; climate; managers; planning; spring; stream flow; summer; water management; winter; Great Lakes; Mississippi; Missouri; Tennessee; Texas
Abstract:
... Streamflow is a very good indicator of long-term hydroclimatic changes. From a water management perspective, the identification of gradual (trend) and abrupt (shift) changes in streamflow are important for planning purposes. This study investigated the detection of comprehensive change, gradual and abrupt, in 240 unimpaired streamflow stations, categorized according to the hydrologic regions in th ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.05.002

47. Evaluation of Clostridium perfringens as a tracer of sewage contamination in sediments by two enumeration methods

Author:
K. Vijayavel; D. R. Kashian
Source:
Environmental monitoring and assessment 2014 v.186 no.9 pp. 5617-5624
ISSN:
0167-6369
Subject:
Clostridium perfringens; filtration; lakes; particulates; rapid methods; sediment contamination; sediments; sewage; Great Lakes
Abstract:
... A traditional method of enumerating Clostridium perfringens using membrane filtration (MF) as an indicator of fecal contamination was compared to recently developed rapid method using Rapid Fung Double Tube (RFDT) in an evaluation to characterize the extent of sewage contamination in sediments of the Great Lakes. Evaluation of these two methods included determining C. perfringens concentrations an ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10661-014-3807-5
PubMed:
24833022

48. Evaluation of suitability and comparability of stream assessment indices using macroinvertebrate data sets from the Northern Lakes and Forests Ecoregion

Author:
Stephanie A. Ogren; Casey J Huckins
Source:
Ecological indicators 2014 v.40 pp. 117-126
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
anthropogenic activities; autumn; benthic organisms; biological assessment; community structure; data collection; ecoregions; environmental quality; forests; lakes; macroinvertebrates; managers; models; monitoring; researchers; rivers; spring; streams; surveys; temporal variation; watersheds; Great Lakes; Michigan
Abstract:
... Researchers and managers within the Upper Midwest currently use a variety of sampling methodologies and biological indices to assess ecological condition of stream systems. With multiple entities collecting bioassessment data it is important that we determine the comparability of data and the indices derived from these data for effective assessment of natural systems. In this study we assessed the ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.01.018

49. Experimental evidence that ecological effects of an invasive fish are reduced at high densities

Author:
Matthew S. Kornis; Jedchada Carlson; Gabrielle Lehrer-Brey; M. Jake Vander Zanden
Source:
Oecologia 2014 v.175 no.1 pp. 325-334
ISSN:
0029-8549
Subject:
Neogobius melanostomus; animal growth; digestive system; environmental impact; environmental management; indigenous species; interspecific competition; invasive species; issues and policy; Great Lakes
Abstract:
... Understanding the relationship between invasive species density and ecological impact is a pressing topic in ecology, with implications for environmental management and policy. Although it is widely assumed that invasive species impact will increase with density, theory suggests interspecific competition may diminish at high densities due to increased intraspecific interactions. To test this theor ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00442-014-2899-5
PubMed:
24532212
PubMed Central:
PMC3992221

50. Factors Related to Northern Goshawk Landscape Use in the Western Great Lakes Region

Author:
Bruggeman Jason E.; Andersen David E.; Woodford James E.
Source:
Journal of raptor research 2014 v.48 no.3 pp. 228-239
ISSN:
0892-1016
Subject:
Accipiter gentilis; correlation; forest canopy; habitat preferences; habitats; landscapes; models; nests; surveys; Europe; Great Lakes; Great Lakes region; North America
Abstract:
... Northern Goshawks (Accipiter gentilis) are a species of special conservation concern in the western Great Lakes bioregion and elsewhere in North America, and exhibit landscape-scale spatial use patterns. However, little information exists about Northern Goshawk habitat relations at broad spatial extents, as most existing published information comes from a few locations of relatively small spatial ...
DOI:
10.3356/JRR-13-0058.1

51. Fatty Acid Profiles of Commercially Available Finfish Fillets in the United States

Author:
Dennis P. Cladis; Alison C. Kleiner; Helene H. Freiser; Charles R. Santerre
Source:
Lipids 2014 v.49 no.10 pp. 1005-1018
ISSN:
0024-4201
Subject:
Gadus morhua; Ictalurus punctatus; Pangasius; bass; cod (fish); diet; docosahexaenoic acid; eicosapentaenoic acid; farmed animal species; fatty acid composition; fillets; nutritionists; pollock; salmon; seafoods; Great Lakes; New England region; United States
Abstract:
... Fillets of 76 finfish species (293 composites of three fish) were obtained from commercial seafood vendors in six regions of the United States (i.e., Great Lakes, Mid-Atlantic, New England, Northwest, Southeast, and Southwest). Full fatty acid profiles were determined for each species and are presented here. Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) have been associated with many ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11745-014-3932-5

52. Fatty acids in thirteen Wisconsin sport fish species

Author:
Meghan C.W. Williams; Candy Schrank; Henry A. Anderson
Source:
Journal of Great Lakes research 2014 v.40 pp. 771-777
ISSN:
0380-1330
Subject:
Salmonidae; correlation; data collection; farmed fish; fish consumption; freshwater; game fish; invertebrates; omega-6 fatty acids; piscivores; polyunsaturated fatty acids; risk assessment; trophic levels; Great Lakes; Wisconsin
Abstract:
... Fish are an easily-obtainable source of low-fat protein and fatty acids (FAs), particularly beneficial omega-3 and omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs). While data concerning FAs in marine and/or farmed fish are readily available, data regarding spatial variation in FA concentrations in wild, freshwater sport fish species are lacking. To begin addressing this data gap and to provide the gen ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jglr.2014.05.002

53. Glacially conditioned specific stream powers in low-relief river catchments of the southern Laurentian Great Lakes

Author:
R.T.J. Phillips; J.R. Desloges
Source:
Geomorphology 2014 v.206 pp. 271-287
ISSN:
0169-555X
Subject:
digital elevation models; drainage; glaciers; gravel; ice; landscapes; rivers; snowmelt; streams; variance; watersheds; Great Lakes; Great Lakes region; Ontario
Abstract:
... Fluvial systems of the southern Laurentian Great Lakes region are carved into a complex glacial landscape shaped by continental ice and meltwater of the late Pleistocene. These glacially conditioned river catchments are typically small with drainage areas <10⁴km². A 10-m digital elevation model (DEM) is used to map the spatial distribution of stream gradient for 22 major river catchments of penins ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.09.030

54. Groundwater Availability as Constrained by Hydrogeology and Environmental Flows

Author:
Katelyn A. Watson; Alex S. Mayer; Howard W. Reeves
Source:
Ground water 2014 v.52 no.2 pp. 225-238
ISSN:
0017-467X
Subject:
aquifers; ecosystems; environmental impact; groundwater; issues and policy; streams; watersheds; Great Lakes; Great Lakes region
Abstract:
... Groundwater pumping from aquifers in hydraulic connection with nearby streams has the potential to cause adverse impacts by decreasing flows to levels below those necessary to maintain aquatic ecosystems. The recent passage of the Great Lakes‐St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact has brought attention to this issue in the Great Lakes region. In particular, the legislation requires the G ...
DOI:
10.1111/gwat.12050
PubMed:
23582026

55. Growth and behavioral effects of the lampricide TFM on non-target fish species

Author:
Christopher R. Middaugh; Maria S. Sepúlveda; Tomas O. Höök
Source:
Journal of Great Lakes research 2014 v.40 pp. 1010-1015
ISSN:
0380-1330
Subject:
Acipenser fulvescens; Micropterus salmoides; Oncorhynchus mykiss; Petromyzon marinus; Pimephales promelas; adults; avoidance behavior; juveniles; minnows; mortality; nontarget organisms; predation; sublethal effects; water pollution; Great Lakes
Abstract:
... Although the lampricide 3-trifluoromethyl-4-nitrophenol (TFM) has been used for over 60years to control sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus in the Laurentian Great Lakes, its potential non-lethal impacts on non-target species have not been fully evaluated. We exposed juveniles of two species of fish (lake sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens and rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss) and one adult fish species (f ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jglr.2014.09.010

56. Habitat used by juvenile lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) in the North Channel of the St. Clair River (Michigan, USA)

Author:
James C. Boase; Bruce A. Manny; Katherine A.L. Donald; Gregory W. Kennedy; James S. Diana; Michael V. Thomas; Justin A. Chiotti
Source:
Journal of Great Lakes research 2014 v.40 pp. 81-88
ISSN:
0380-1330
Subject:
Acipenser fulvescens; Dreissena polymorpha; clay; computer software; fish; geographic information systems; gravel; habitat preferences; habitats; juveniles; lakes; rivers; sand; silt; telemetry; ultrasonics; Great Lakes; Michigan
Abstract:
... Lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) occupy the St. Clair River, part of a channel connecting lakes Huron and Erie in the Laurentian Great Lakes. In the North Channel of the St. Clair River, juvenile lake sturgeon (3–7years old and 582–793mm in length) were studied to determine movement patterns and habitat usage. Fourteen juveniles were implanted with ultrasonic transmitters and tracked June–Augu ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jglr.2013.11.002

57. High Levels of Organophosphate Flame Retardants in the Great Lakes Atmosphere

Author:
Salamova Amina; Ma Yuning; Venier Marta; Hites Ronald A.
Source:
Environmental Science & Technology Letters 2014 v.1 no.1 pp. 8-14
ISSN:
2328-8930
Subject:
North Americans; dunes; environmental science; flame retardants; organophosphorus compounds; phosphates; urban areas; Great Lakes
Abstract:
... Levels of 12 organophosphate flame retardants (OPs) were measured in particle phase samples collected at five sites in the North American Great Lakes basin from March 2012 to December 2012 (inclusive). The target compounds were three chlorinated OPs [tris(2-chloroethyl) phosphate (TCEP), tris(1-chloro-2-propyl) phosphate (TCPP), and tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate (TDCPP)], three alkyl phosp ...
DOI:
10.1021/ez400034n

58. High-levels of microplastic pollution in a large, remote, mountain lake

Author:
Christopher M. Free; Olaf P. Jensen; Sherri A. Mason; Marcus Eriksen; Nicholas J. Williamson; Bazartseren Boldgiv
Source:
Marine pollution bulletin 2014 v.85 no.1 pp. 156-163
ISSN:
0025-326X
Subject:
aquacultural and fisheries equipment; bags; bottles; freshwater; lakes; pellets; plastics; shorelines; waste management; water pollution; wind direction; Great Lakes; Mongolia
Abstract:
... Despite the large and growing literature on microplastics in the ocean, little information exists on microplastics in freshwater systems. This study is the first to evaluate the abundance, distribution, and composition of pelagic microplastic pollution in a large, remote, mountain lake. We quantified pelagic microplastics and shoreline anthropogenic debris in Lake Hovsgol, Mongolia. With an averag ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.06.001

59. Higher surface ozone concentrations over the Chesapeake Bay than over the adjacent land: Observations and models from the DISCOVER-AQ and CBODAQ campaigns

Author:
Daniel L. Goldberg; Christopher P. Loughner; Maria Tzortziou; Jeffrey W. Stehr; Kenneth E. Pickering; Lackson T. Marufu; Russell R. Dickerson
Source:
Atmospheric environment 2014 v.84 pp. 9-19
ISSN:
1352-2310
Subject:
air quality; atmospheric chemistry; cloud cover; compliance; dry deposition; model validation; nitrogen; ozone; simulation models; surface water; Chesapeake Bay; Delaware; Great Lakes
Abstract:
... Air quality models, such as the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model, indicate decidedly higher ozone near the surface of large interior water bodies, such as the Great Lakes and Chesapeake Bay. In order to test the validity of the model output, we performed surface measurements of ozone (O3) and total reactive nitrogen (NOy) on the 26-m Delaware II NOAA Small Research Vessel experimental ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.11.008

60. Historical biomass and sustainable harvest of Great Lakes lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens Rafinesque, 1817)

Author:
T. Haxton; G. Whelan; R. Bruch
Source:
Journal of applied ichthyology 2014 v.30 no.6 pp. 1371-1378
ISSN:
0175-8659
Subject:
Acipenser fulvescens; biomass; models; population growth; Great Lakes
Abstract:
... Historical abundance and biomasss of lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens Rafinesque, 1817) in the Great Lakes were estimated from historical commercial harvest data from 1879 to 1920 using two modeling techniques: a surplus production model with a Bayesian approach, and a depletion model. In addition, theoretical sustainable levels of exploitation and temporal recovery periods were estimated based ...
DOI:
10.1111/jai.12569

61. Identifying natal origins of spawning adult sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus): Re-evaluation of the statolith microchemistry approach

Author:
Aude Lochet; Brian J. Fryer; Stuart A. Ludsin; Eric A. Howe; J. Ellen Marsden
Source:
Journal of Great Lakes research 2014 v.40 pp. 763-770
ISSN:
0380-1330
Subject:
Petromyzon marinus; adults; atomic absorption spectrometry; lakes; larvae; metamorphosis; rubidium; spawning; streams; strontium; watersheds; Great Lakes
Abstract:
... Identifying the stream of origin of spawning-phase sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) is crucial to improve the control of this nuisance species in the Laurentian Great Lakes and Lake Champlain. Recently, Howe et al. (2013) found a poor accuracy in the natal origin assignment of 33 spawning adults of known-origin from the Lake Champlain watershed using the statoliths from larvae captured in their na ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jglr.2014.04.014

62. Identifying useful climate change information needs of Great Lakes fishery managers

Author:
Kate K. Mulvaney; Carolyn J. Foley; Tomas O. Höök; Elizabeth C. McNie; Linda S. Prokopy
Source:
Journal of Great Lakes research 2014 v.40 pp. 590-598
ISSN:
0380-1330
Subject:
climate; climate change; decision making; e-mail; environmental factors; fish; fisheries; fisheries management; focus groups; habitats; models; stakeholders; surveys; trophic relationships; Great Lakes
Abstract:
... There is mounting evidence that climatic changes have altered physical conditions in the Laurentian Great Lakes and will continue to do so. In the face of this challenge, fishery managers require useful information to support decision making. We utilized a mixed methods approach, including an email survey and focus groups with fishery managers, to identify information gaps in understanding the imp ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jglr.2014.06.002

63. In vivo and in vitro phenotypic differences between Great Lakes VHSV genotype IVb isolates with sequence types vcG001 and vcG002

Author:
Sierra M. Imanse; Emily R. Cornwell; Rodman G. Getchell; Gael Kurath; Paul R. Bowser
Source:
Journal of Great Lakes research 2014 v.40 pp. 879-885
ISSN:
0380-1330
Subject:
Lepomis macrochirus; Neogobius melanostomus; Oncorhynchus mykiss; Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; RNA; Viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus; basins; freshwater fish; genotype; mortality; phenotype; virulence; viruses; Denmark; Great Lakes
Abstract:
... Viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV) is an aquatic rhabdovirus first recognized in farmed rainbow trout in Denmark. In the past decade, a new genotype of this virus, IVb was discovered in the Laurentian Great Lakes basin and has caused several massive die-offs in some of the 28 species of susceptible North American freshwater fishes. Since its colonization of the Great Lakes, several closely ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jglr.2014.08.004
PubMed:
25722533
PubMed Central:
PMC4337033

64. In-Season Effect of Flue Gas Desulfurization Gypsum on Soil Physical Properties

Author:
Meghan E. Buckley; Richard P. Wolkowski
Source:
Journal of environmental quality 2014 v.43 no.1 pp. 322-327
ISSN:
0047-2425
Subject:
Zea mays; aggregate stability; agricultural land; bulk density; corn; flue gas desulfurization; gypsum; hydraulic conductivity; land application; planting; power plants; resistance to penetration; watersheds; Great Lakes
Abstract:
... There is renewed interest in the application of gypsum to agricultural lands, particularly of gypsum produced during flue gas desulfurization (FGD) at coal-burning power plants. We studied the effects of land application of FGD gypsum to corn (Zea mays L.) in watersheds draining to the Great Lakes. The FGD gypsum was surface applied at 11 sites at rates of 0, 1120, 2240, and 4480 kg ha⁻¹ after pla ...
DOI:
10.2134/jeq2012.0354

65. Increasing occurrence of the benthic filamentous cyanobacterium Lyngbya wollei: a symptom of freshwater ecosystem degradation

Author:
Hudon Christiane; Sève Michèle De; Cattaneo Antonella
Source:
Freshwater science 2014 v.33 no.2 pp. 606-618
ISSN:
2161-9565
Subject:
Lyngbya; aesthetics; anaerobic conditions; biomass; bubbles; carrying capacity; dissolved organic carbon; fish; freshwater; freshwater ecosystems; invertebrates; juveniles; lakes; macrophytes; metabolism; mineralization; nitrogen fixation; odors; rivers; saxitoxins; species diversity; taste; vegetation; volatile organic compounds; wetlands; wind speed; Florida; Great Lakes; Saint Lawrence River
Abstract:
... The filamentous cyanobacterium Lyngbya wollei (Farlow ex Gomont) comb. nov. forms dark green to black mats on the bottom of rivers and lakes. Benthic mats often remain inconspicuous until they float to the surface because of trapped gas bubbles or until high winds and wave action dislodge and wash mats ashore. Mats induce dark, anoxic conditions conducive to nutrient mineralization, atmospheric N₂ ...
DOI:
10.1086/675932

66. Influence of ecosystem engineers on ecosystem processes is mediated by lake sediment properties

Author:
Geraldine Nogaro; Alan D. Steinman
Source:
Oikos 2014 v.123 no.4 pp. 500-512
ISSN:
0030-1299
Subject:
Chironomidae; algal blooms; biocenosis; community structure; ecosystem engineers; ecosystems; energy metabolism; excretion; feces; food webs; habitats; hydrochemistry; invasive species; laboratory experimentation; lakes; larvae; mussels; nutrient content; organic matter; oxygen; sediments; surface water; water quality; Great Lakes; Great Lakes region
Abstract:
... Invasive species may impact biotic community structure, ecosystem processes, and associated goods and services. Their impact may be especially strong when they also serve as ecosystem engineers (i.e. organisms affecting the physical habitat and resources for other species). Dreissenid mussels fill both these roles, having invaded the Laurentian Great Lakes in the late 1980s, and also serve as ecos ...
DOI:
10.1111/j.1600-0706.2013.00978.x

67. Influence of topography, bare sand, and soil pH on the occurrence and distribution of plant species in a lacustrine dune ecosystem1

Author:
Marshall Jordan M.
Source:
Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 2014 v.141 no.1 pp. 29-38
ISSN:
1095-5674
Subject:
Cirsium; Stellaria; Tanacetum; correlation; dunes; ecosystems; microhabitats; plant communities; plant density; rare species; rocks; sand; shorelines; soil pH; species diversity; surveys; topography; vegetation cover; Great Lakes
Abstract:
... Dune ecosystems along the Great Lakes shoreline provide essential habitat for specialized plant communities and several state and federal listed rare species. I conducted a vegetation survey in Grand Sable Dunes, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, MI, in an effort to investigate the hypothesis that physical dune characteristics influence the distribution of encountered listed species of concern. T ...
DOI:
10.3159/TORREY-D-13-00043.1

68. Invasive bighead and silver carp effects on zooplankton communities in the Illinois River, Illinois, USA

Author:
Greg G. Sass; Collin Hinz; Anthony C. Erickson; Nerissa N. McClelland; Michael A. McClelland; John M. Epifanio
Source:
Journal of Great Lakes research 2014 v.40 pp. 911-921
ISSN:
0380-1330
Subject:
Copepoda; Hypophthalmichthys molitrix; Hypophthalmichthys nobilis; Rotifera; biomass; ecosystems; food webs; indigenous species; invasive species; planktivores; predation; rivers; zooplankton; Great Lakes; Illinois; Illinois River
Abstract:
... Aquatic invasive species introductions are a global environmental concern. Negative effects of invasive species are often manifested in alterations of food web structure and through competition with and predation upon native species. The Illinois River, Illinois, USA harbors invasive, planktivorous bighead, Hypophthalmichthys nobilis, and silver carp, Hypophthalmichthys molitrix, and can be a mode ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jglr.2014.08.010

69. Land and water governance on the shores of the Laurentian Great Lakes

Author:
Richard K. Norton; Guy A. Meadows
Source:
Water international 2014 v.39 no.6 pp. 901-920
ISSN:
1941-1707
Subject:
governance; issues and policy; planning; water quality; water quantity; Great Lakes
Abstract:
... The Laurentian Great Lakes Basin is large and complex, as is its institutional setting. Given these characteristics, Great Lakes boundaries are both horizontal and fluid, and governance at the Great Lakes water/land interface implicates at least four different frontiers of planning and management. While substantial multinational and sub-national policy regimes have formed over the last century to ...
DOI:
10.1080/02508060.2014.954661

70. Late Miocene episodic lakes in the arid Tarim Basin, western China

Author:
Weiguo Liu; Zhonghui Liu; Zhisheng An; Jimin Sun; Hong Chang; Ning Wang; Jibao Dong; Huanye Wang
Source:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2014 v.111 no.46 pp. 16292-16296
ISSN:
0027-8424
Subject:
basins; climatic factors; desertification; drying; global cooling; lakes; plateaus; China; Great Lakes
Abstract:
... The Tibetan Plateau uplift and Cenozoic global cooling are thought to induce enhanced aridification in the Asian interior. Although the onset of Asian desertification is proposed to have started in the earliest Miocene, prevailing desert environment in the Tarim Basin, currently providing much of the Asian eolian dust sources, is only a geologically recent phenomenon. Here we report episodic occur ...
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.1410890111
PubMed:
25368156
PubMed Central:
PMC4246285

71. Levels and trends of PBDEs and HBCDs in the global environment: Status at the end of 2012

Author:
Robin J. Law; Adrian Covaci; Stuart Harrad; Dorte Herzke; Mohamed A.-E. Abdallah; Kim Fernie; Leisa-Maree L. Toms; Hidetaka Takigami
Source:
Environment international 2014 v.65 pp. 147-158
ISSN:
0160-4120
Subject:
Ursus maritimus; birds of prey; carp; electronic wastes; environmental exposure; hexabromocyclododecane; humans; marine mammals; metabolism; monitoring; pollution; polybrominated diphenyl ethers; recycling; rivers; sediments; sewage sludge; soil; toxicity; trophic levels; trout; Africa; Arctic region; Asia; Great Lakes; Indian Ocean Islands; Northern European region; Sweden; United Kingdom; United States
Abstract:
... In this paper, we have compiled and reviewed the most recent literature, published in print or online from January 2010 to December 2012, relating to the human exposure, environmental distribution, behaviour, fate and concentration time trends of polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) and hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) flame retardants, in order to establish their current trends and priorities for fu ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envint.2014.01.006

72. Liquid chromatography-electrospray–tandem mass spectrometry method for determination of organophosphate diesters in biotic samples including Great Lakes herring gull plasma

Author:
Guanyong Su; Alana K. Greaves; Lewis Gauthier; Robert J. Letcher
Source:
Journal of chromatography 2014 v.1374 pp. 85-92
ISSN:
0021-9673
Subject:
Larus argentatus; ammonium acetate; anion exchange; blood serum; cattle; cleaning; derivatization; flame retardants; ionic strength; liquid chromatography; liver; mass spectrometry; metabolism; organophosphorus compounds; phosphates; phosphoric acid; pork; solid phase extraction; solvents; Great Lakes
Abstract:
... Environmentally relevant organophosphate (OP) triester flame retardants are known to degrade to OP diester phosphoric acids. In this study, a quantitatively sensitive method was developed for OP diesters in biological samples of varying complexity, bovine serum, chicken egg homogenate and pork liver. Fortified with 1ng or 10ng each of the six OP diester and six OP triester standards, samples were ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.chroma.2014.11.022

73. Lithic microwear analysis as a means to infer production of perishable technology: a case from the Great Lakes

Author:
G. Logan Miller
Source:
Journal of archaeological science 2014 v.49 pp. 292-301
ISSN:
0305-4403
Subject:
Pleistocene epoch; archaeology; plant fibers; Great Lakes; Great Lakes region; North America
Abstract:
... Perishable technologies form a major portion of hunter–gatherer toolkits across the globe. Due to preservation issues, however, these artifacts are often not recovered in the archaeological record. Thus it is necessary to look for evidence of perishable technologies in novel ways. This is especially true for Late Pleistocene sites in North America which are typically dominated by chipped stone art ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jas.2014.05.019

74. Low Concentrations of Contaminants in an Invasive Cyprinid, the Rudd, in a Great Lakes Area of Concern

Author:
Kevin L. Kapuscinski; John M. Farrell; Gordon Paterson; Michael A. Wilkinson; Lawrence C. Skinner; Wayne Richter; Anthony J. Gudlewski
Source:
Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology 2014 v.93 no.5 pp. 567-573
ISSN:
0007-4861
Subject:
Cyprinidae; DDT (pesticide); aldrin; biomass; chemical residues; detection limit; diet; fish; heptachlor; hexachlorobenzene; invasive species; mercury; mirex; polychlorinated biphenyls; trophic relationships; Great Lakes; Niagara River
Abstract:
... The invasive, omnivorous rudd Scardinius erythrophthalmus is abundant in the upper Niagara River, a Great Lakes Area of Concern. Invasive species can alter trophic and contaminant pathways, but complex ontogenetic and seasonal diet shifts by rudds make it difficult to predict their chemical burdens relative to other fishes. We quantified concentrations of chemical residues in rudds and compared th ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00128-014-1325-3
PubMed:
24972839

75. Mechanisms and reversibility of the effects of hybrid cattail on a Great Lakes marsh

Author:
Emily C. Farrer; Deborah E. Goldberg
Source:
Aquatic botany 2014 v.116 pp. 35-43
ISSN:
0304-3770
Subject:
Cyperaceae; Typha glauca; aquatic plants; botany; ecosystems; forbs; grasses; hybrids; invasive species; marshes; nitrogen; soil organic matter; Great Lakes
Abstract:
... Invasive plants compete with natives, and their litter can suppress natives and alter ecosystem function. Understanding the mechanisms of effect of invasive plants and testing whether invader removal reverses these effects is important to guide restoration and management. We addressed these questions in a Great Lakes marsh invaded by Typha x glauca (hybrid cattail), which produces monodominant sta ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.aquabot.2014.01.002

76. Mercury Content in Commercially Available Finfish in the United States

Author:
Dennis P. Cladis; Alison C. Kleiner; Charles R. Santerre
Source:
Journal of food protection 2014 v.77 no.8 pp. 1361-1366
ISSN:
0362-028X
Subject:
Food and Drug Administration; Gadus morhua; Ictalurus punctatus; Xiphias gladius; cod (fish); mackerel; markets; mercury; muscle tissues; pollock; salmon; seafoods; Great Lakes; New England region; United States
Abstract:
... Seventy-seven finfish species (300 composites of three fish) were obtained from commercial vendors in six regions of the United States: Great Lakes, mid-Atlantic, New England, northwest, southeast, and southwest. Total mercury in fish muscle tissue ranged from 1 ppb (channel catfish) to 1,425 ppb (king mackerel). Of the top 10 most commonly consumed seafoods in the United States, all finfish speci ...
DOI:
10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-14-097

77. Microplastic is an Abundant and Distinct Microbial Habitat in an Urban River

Author:
McCormick Amanda; Hoellein Timothy J.; Mason Sherri A.; Schluep Joseph; Kelly John J.
Source:
Environmental Science & Technology 2014 v.48 no.20 pp. 11863-11871
ISSN:
1520-5851
Subject:
habitats; high-throughput nucleotide sequencing; microorganisms; oceans; organic matter; pathogens; plastics; rivers; urbanization; wastewater treatment; Great Lakes; Illinois
Abstract:
... Recent research has documented microplastic particles (< 5 mm in diameter) in ocean habitats worldwide and in the Laurentian Great Lakes. Microplastic interacts with biota, including microorganisms, in these habitats, raising concerns about its ecological effects. Rivers may transport microplastic to marine habitats and the Great Lakes, but data on microplastic in rivers is limited. In a highly ur ...
DOI:
10.1021/es503610r

78. Modeling the secondary spread of viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV) by commercial shipping in the Laurentian Great Lakes

Author:
Jennifer L. Sieracki; Jonathan M. Bossenbroek; Mohamed Faisal
Source:
Biological invasions 2014 v.16 no.5 pp. 1043-1053
ISSN:
1387-3547
Subject:
Viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus; ballast water; fish; genotype; invasive species; lakes; models; researchers; secondary transmission; shipping; ships; viruses; Great Lakes
Abstract:
... Researchers have only begun to study the role of shipping in the spread of invasive species in the Laurentian Great Lakes despite a well-documented history of introductions in these lakes due to ballast water release. Here, we determine whether ballast water discharge was a likely vector of spread of the fish disease, viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus genotype IVb (VHSV-IVb), throughout the Great ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10530-013-0556-2

79. Modelling attempts utilized in sturgeon research: a review of the state‐of‐the art

Author:
I. Jarić; J. Gessner; M.‐L. Acolas; P. Lambert; E. Rochard
Source:
Journal of applied ichthyology 2014 v.30 no.6 pp. 1379-1386
ISSN:
0175-8659
Subject:
biogeography; coasts; databases; endangered species; fisheries; genetics; habitats; hydrodynamics; spawning; statistical models; sturgeon; Great Lakes; Mississippi; Siberia
Abstract:
... The objective of this paper was to understand trends in modelling over time within sturgeon research and the effects of modelling applications on the scientific community using a bibliometric approach on articles from the ISI Web of Knowledge online database between 1996 and 2012. The results indicate an increasing contribution of modelling within the general field of sturgeon research. The popula ...
DOI:
10.1111/jai.12572

80. Molecular Phylogenetics of the Eastern and Western Blacknose Dace, Rhinichthys atratulus and R. obtusus (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)

Author:
Kraczkowski Michelle L.; Chernoff Barry
Source:
Copeia 2014 v.2014 no.2 pp. 325-338
ISSN:
0045-8511
Subject:
Rhinichthys atratulus; drainage; genes; genetic variation; geographical distribution; microsatellite repeats; phylogeny; streams; Appalachian region; Great Lakes; Manitoba; Minnesota; Nebraska; Nova Scotia; Virginia
Abstract:
... The debate over the species status and geographic distribution of Rhinichthys atratulus and R. obtusus has persisted for decades. Morphological analyses have led to ambiguous results making field identifications possible in only some areas, further complicating the unclear and conflicting taxonomic histories of these species. In this study, we clear up some of these identification issues by analyz ...
DOI:
10.1643/CG-14-002

81. Molecular systematics and historical biogeography of the Nocomis biguttatus species group (Teleostei: Cyprinidae): Nuclear and mitochondrial introgression and a cryptic Ozark species

Author:
Anthony A. Echelle; Michael R. Schwemm; Nicholas J. Lang; Brett C. Nagle; Andrew M. Simons; Peter J. Unmack; William L. Fisher; Christopher W. Hoagstrom
Source:
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 2014 v.81 pp. 109-119
ISSN:
1055-7903
Subject:
Nocomis biguttatus; mitochondrial DNA; watersheds; phylogeography; refuge habitats; mitochondria; molecular systematics; introns; introgression; basins; somatotropin; allopatry; rivers; Great Lakes; Ohio; Ohio River; Arkansas River; Wyoming; Minnesota; Tennessee; Ontario; Tennessee River; Oklahoma; Arkansas; Ozarks
Abstract:
... The Nocomis biguttatus species group ranges widely across North America from the Red River in Oklahoma and Arkansas north to Minnesota and east–west from Wyoming to Ontario. The group includes three traditionally recognized allopatric species: the wide-ranging N. biguttatus and two geographically more restricted species, N. asper from the western Ozarks (Arkansas River system) and two disjunct loc ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ympev.2014.09.011

82. Movement rules for juvenile steelhead: dynamic linking of movement behaviour to habitat and density

Author:
Daniel B. Hayes; Bradley E. Thompson
Source:
Ecology of freshwater fish 2014 v.23 no.4 pp. 581-593
ISSN:
0906-6691
Subject:
Oncorhynchus mykiss; dispersal behavior; fish; habitats; models; probability; streams; watersheds; Great Lakes
Abstract:
... We incorporated explanatory factors including stream habitat type and fish density into individual‐based models with dynamic connections among adjacent habitat units to infer dispersal behaviour of juvenile steelhead Oncorhynchus mykiss in a Great Lakes watershed. We used mark–recapture data and an inverse modelling approach to estimate daily probability of steelhead moving out of a habitat unit, ...
DOI:
10.1111/eff.12111

83. Multiple Episodic Evolution Events in V1R Receptor Genes of East-African Cichlids

Author:
Masato Nikaido; Tomoki Ota; Tadashi Hirata; Hikoyu Suzuki; Yoko Satta; Mitsuto Aibara; Semvua I. Mzighani; Christian Sturmbauer; Kimiko Hagino-Yamagishi; Norihiro Okada
Source:
Genome biology and evolution 2014 v.6 no.5 pp. 1135-1144
Subject:
Cichlidae; alleles; amino acids; evolution; fish; flocks; genetic variation; pheromones; smell; Eastern Africa; Great Lakes; Lake Tanganyika
Abstract:
... Fish use olfaction to detect a variety of nonvolatile chemical signals, and thus, this sense is key to survival and communication. However, the contribution of the olfactory sense to social—especially reproductive—interactions in cichlids is still controversial. To obtain insights into this issue, we investigated the genes encoding V1Rs—possible candidates for reproductive pheromone receptors—amon ...
DOI:
10.1093/gbe/evu086
PubMed:
24803573
PubMed Central:
PMC4040994

84. Observer bias and subsampling efficiencies for estimating the number of migrating fish in rivers using Dual-frequency IDentification SONar (DIDSON)

Author:
Ian C. Petreman; Nicholas E. Jones; Scott W. Milne
Source:
Fisheries research 2014 v.155 pp. 160-167
ISSN:
0165-7836
Subject:
Salmonidae; coasts; cost effectiveness; image analysis; netting; people; potamodromous fish; rivers; trapping; Great Lakes; North America
Abstract:
... Fixed-location, side-looking, multibeam, sonar techniques offer a practical approach to estimate the numbers of migrating fish in rivers that are too large or occluded for traditional sampling methods, such as weir trapping, visual observation techniques, and netting. While this technology has been used to enumerate salmonid escapement in coastal river systems of western North America, little use ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.fishres.2014.03.001

85. Parasites of Aquatic Exotic Invertebrates: Identification of Potential Risks Posed to the Great Lakes

Author:
Sergey E. Mastitsky; Alexander Y. Karatayev; Lyubov E. Burlakova
Source:
Human and ecological risk assessment 2014 v.20 no.3 pp. 743-763
ISSN:
1549-7860
Subject:
Crustacea; fish; hosts; humans; indigenous species; introduced species; inventories; molluscs; parasites; risk; Great Lakes
Abstract:
... Exotic species typically lose most of their associated parasites during long-distance spread. However, the few parasites that are co-introduced may have considerable adverse impacts on their novel hosts, including mass mortalities. We present a comprehensive inventory of parasites known to infect 38 species of exotic invertebrates established in the Great Lakes, as well as 16 invertebrate species ...
DOI:
10.1080/10807039.2013.774576

86. Perfluorinated compounds in fish from U.S. urban rivers and the Great Lakes

Author:
Leanne L. Stahl; Blaine D. Snyder; Anthony R. Olsen; Thomas M. Kincaid; John B. Wathen; Harry B. McCarty
Source:
Science of the total environment 2014 v.499 pp. 185-195
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; acids; cumulative distribution; fillets; fish consumption; fish health; freshwater fish; health promotion; high performance liquid chromatography; human health; humans; lakes; marine fish; perfluorocarbons; probability; researchers; rivers; streams; tandem mass spectrometry; toxicity; Great Lakes; United States
Abstract:
... Perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) have recently received scientific and regulatory attention due to their broad environmental distribution, persistence, bioaccumulative potential, and toxicity. Studies suggest that fish consumption may be a source of human exposure to perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) or long-chain perfluorocarboxylic acids. Most PFC fish tissue literature focuses on marine fish and ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.07.126

87. Performance of the Standard Cabin Method: Comparison of BEAST Models And Error Rates to Detect Simulated Degradation from Multiple Data Sets

Author:
Strachan Stephanie A.; Reynoldson Trefor B.
Source:
Journal of the North American Benthological Society 2014 v.33 no.4 pp. 1225-1237
ISSN:
0887-3593
Subject:
North Americans; biological assessment; data collection; environmental monitoring; eutrophication; models; quality control; risk; rivers; watersheds; Australia; Great Lakes
Abstract:
... The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of 3 bioassessment models for reference data sets collected from the Australia Capital Territory (ACT), the Yukon River Basin (YT), and the Laurentian Great Lakes (GL) built following the standard Canadian Aquatic Biomonitoring Network (CABIN) method. To evaluate the models, we used validation reference-site data, which were artificially ...
DOI:
10.1086/678948

88. Phase I and phase II reductive metabolism simulation of nitro aromatic xenobiotics with electrochemistry coupled with high resolution mass spectrometry

Author:
Ugo Bussy; Yu-Wen Chung-Davidson; Ke Li; Weiming Li
Source:
Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry 2014 v.406 no.28 pp. 7253-7260
ISSN:
1618-2642
Subject:
aromatic compounds; electrochemistry; glutathione; hydroxylamine; liquid chromatography; mass spectrometry; metabolism; metabolites; niclosamide; pesticides; spectrometers; therapeutics; xenobiotics; Great Lakes
Abstract:
... Electrochemistry combined with (liquid chromatography) high resolution mass spectrometry was used to simulate the general reductive metabolism of three biologically important nitro aromatic molecules: 3-trifluoromethyl-4-nitrophenol (TFM), niclosamide, and nilutamide. TFM is a pesticide used in the Laurential Great Lakes while niclosamide and nilutamide are used in cancer therapy. At first, a flow ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00216-014-8171-3

89. Phenetic relationships and multivariate ontogenic channels of ecological forms of Altai osman Oreoleuciscus potanini (Cyprinidae) in Lake Nogon (Great Lakes Hollow, Mongolia)

Author:
A. N. Mironovsky; A. N. Kas’yanov; Yu. V. Slyn’ko; Yu. Yu. Dgebuadze
Source:
Journal of ichthyology 2014 v.54 no.1 pp. 23-29
ISSN:
0032-9452
Subject:
Cyprinidae; algorithms; genetic relationships; lakes; Great Lakes; Mongolia
Abstract:
... The variability of the osteological characters of the Potanin Altai osman Oreoleuciscus potanini in Lake Nogon (Great Lakes Hollow, Mongolia) has been studied. The use of an approach based on the construction of multivariate ontogenetic channels made it possible to reveal differences in the development algorithms of the acute-snouted, piscivorous, and herbivorous osman forms. According to the char ...
DOI:
10.1134/S0032945214010081

90. Phosphorus targets and eutrophication objectives in Saginaw Bay: A 35year assessment

Author:
Craig A. Stow; Juli Dyble; Donna R. Kashian; Thomas H. Johengen; Kimberly Peters Winslow; Scott D. Peacor; Steven N. Francoeur; Ashley M. Burtner; Danna Palladino; Nancy Morehead; Duane Gossiaux; YoonKyung Cha; Song S. Qian; Dianna Miller
Source:
Journal of Great Lakes research 2014 v.40 pp. 4-10
ISSN:
0380-1330
Subject:
adaptive management; ammonia; chlorophyll; eutrophication; filtration; monitoring; mussels; nitrates; phosphorus; rivers; seasonal variation; water quality; Great Lakes
Abstract:
... An aggregated view of total phosphorus and chlorophyll a in Saginaw Bay indicates that concentrations of both constituents declined approximately in concert with declining total phosphorus (P) loads stabilizing by the late 1980s. A more spatially focused view reveals that total phosphorus declines outside of the Saginaw River plume, accompanied by more subtle chlorophyll a decreases. In contrast, ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jglr.2013.10.003

91. Physical–biological coupling and the challenge of understanding fish recruitment in freshwater lakes

Author:
Stuart A. Ludsin; Kristen M. DeVanna; Ralph E.H. Smith
Source:
Canadian journal of fisheries and aquatic sciences 2014 v.71 no.5 pp. 775-794
ISSN:
1205-7533
Subject:
developmental stages; fish; freshwater; freshwater fisheries; freshwater lakes; life history; marine ecosystems; marine fisheries; physicochemical properties; species recruitment; Great Lakes
Abstract:
... Marine fisheries recruitment research has emphasized approaches that explore physical–biological interactions during early life stages (ELS). Herein, we review evidence that such approaches would benefit our understanding of fish recruitment in large freshwater lakes, which exhibit similar physical processes and contain fishes with comparable life-history characteristics as marine ecosystems. A re ...
DOI:
10.1139/cjfas-2013-0512

92. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in English freshwater lakes, 2008–2012

Author:
Congqiao Yang; Stuart Harrad; Mohamed Abou-Elwafa Abdallah; Jennifer Desborough; Neil L. Rose; Simon D. Turner; Thomas A. Davidson; Ben Goldsmith
Source:
Chemosphere 2014 v.110 pp. 41-47
ISSN:
0045-6535
Subject:
freshwater; lakes; polybrominated diphenyl ethers; population density; seasonal variation; total suspended solids; watersheds; Great Lakes; United States
Abstract:
... Concentrations of tri-to-hexa-BDEs were determined in water samples taken from 9 English lakes on 13 occasions between April 2008 and February 2012. Across all sites, concentrations of ΣBDEs in individual samples ranged from 9.2 to 171.5pgL−1, with an average of 61.9pgL−1. Notwithstanding the far greater use of the Penta-BDE commercial formulation in the USA, concentrations in this study are compa ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.03.028

93. Population structure and conservation genetic assessment of the endangered Pugnose Shiner, Notropis anogenus

Author:
Megan R. McCusker; Nicholas E. Mandrak; Bashir Egeh; Nathan R. Lovejoy
Source:
Conservation genetics 2014 v.15 no.2 pp. 343-353
ISSN:
1566-0621
Subject:
Notropis; genetic variation; microsatellite repeats; mitochondrial DNA; population size; population structure; Great Lakes; Mississippi River; United States
Abstract:
... The Pugnose Shiner is a small minnow with a fragmented distribution across the Great Lakes and Upper Mississippi River in North America. The species is listed federally as endangered in Canada, and in the United States its status varies by state, from Special Concern to Endangered (as well as Extirpated). We conducted a thorough genetic assessment of the Pugnose Shiner using both microsatellite lo ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10592-013-0542-3

94. Predicting Reference Assemblages for Freshwater Bioassessment with limiting Environmental Difference Analysis

Author:
Chessman Bruce C.
Source:
Journal of the North American Benthological Society 2014 v.33 no.4 pp. 1261-1271
ISSN:
0887-3593
Subject:
North Americans; anthropogenic activities; biological assessment; data collection; freshwater; humans; macroinvertebrates; model validation; models; prediction; Australian Capital Territory; Great Lakes; Yukon Territory
Abstract:
... The status of biological assemblages is often inferred by comparing observational assemblage data with reference data generated by a predictive model. Limiting environmental difference analysis (LEDA) applies the ecological concepts of distance decay of similarity and limiting factor theory to model reference data by extrapolation from samples collected at reference sites. I applied LEDA modeling ...
DOI:
10.1086/678701

95. Predicting road culvert passability for migratory fishes

Author:
Stephanie R. Januchowski‐Hartley; Matthew Diebel; Patrick J. Doran; Peter B. McIntyre; Kerrie Wilson
Source:
Diversity & distributions 2014 v.20 no.12 pp. 1414-1424
ISSN:
1366-9516
Subject:
drainage; environmental factors; fish; migratory behavior; models; prediction; prioritization; probability; regression analysis; streams; surveys; swimming; topography; Great Lakes; North America
Abstract:
... AIM: Our goal was to predict road culvert passability, as defined by culvert outlet drop and outlet water velocity, for three fish swimming groups using remotely collected environmental variables that have been shown to influence the passability of road culverts. LOCATIO: Laurentian Great Lakes Basin, north‐eastern North America, on the Canada–USA border. METHODS: We generated four boosted regress ...
DOI:
10.1111/ddi.12248

96. Predicting water quality at Santa Monica Beach: Evaluation of five different models for public notification of unsafe swimming conditions

Author:
W. Thoe; M. Gold; A. Griesbach; M. Grimmer; M.L. Taggart; A.B. Boehm
Source:
Water research 2014 v.67 pp. 105-117
ISSN:
0043-1354
Subject:
Enterococcus; beaches; coastal zone management; coliform bacteria; environmental factors; indicator species; least squares; model validation; neural networks; point source pollution; prediction; rain; salinity; storms; summer; swimming; turbidity; water quality; California; China; Great Lakes; Scotland
Abstract:
... Bathing beaches are monitored for fecal indicator bacteria (FIB) to protect swimmers from unsafe conditions. However, FIB assays take ∼24 h and water quality conditions can change dramatically in that time, so unsafe conditions cannot presently be identified in a timely manner. Statistical, data-driven predictive models use information on environmental conditions (i.e., rainfall, turbidity) to pro ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.watres.2014.09.001

97. Prey size selection and feeding ecology of an omnivorous invader: Hemimysis anomala

Author:
Alicia Pérez-Fuentetaja; Jessica Wuerstle
Source:
Journal of Great Lakes research 2014 v.40 pp. 257-264
ISSN:
0380-1330
Subject:
Hemimysis; algae; carbon; carnivores; diet; fish larvae; habitats; juveniles; lakes; lighting; littoral zone; nitrogen; nutritive value; omnivores; ontogeny; stable isotopes; surface water; trophic levels; young adults; zooplankton; Great Lakes
Abstract:
... We studied the feeding ecology of the Ponto-Caspian mysid Hemimysis anomala, a recent invader to the Great Lakes that is expanding to other bodies of water. Experimentally we found that H. anomala's prey consumption rates were affected by prey size and by illumination. Juvenile H. anomala fed at similar rates under soft light and darkness, while adults fed more in complete darkness, indicating rel ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jglr.2014.02.010

98. Primary production in a tropical large lake: The role of phytoplankton composition

Author:
F. Darchambeau; H. Sarmento; J.-P. Descy
Source:
Science of the total environment 2014 v.473-474 pp. 178-188
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
Bacillariophyceae; Cyanobacteria; biomass production; climate; data collection; dry season; high performance liquid chromatography; lakes; light intensity; mixing; photosynthesis; phytoplankton; pigments; primary productivity; principal component analysis; regression analysis; seasonal variation; wet season; Eastern Africa; Great Lakes; Malawi
Abstract:
... Phytoplankton biomass and primary production in tropical large lakes vary at different time scales, from seasons to centuries. We provide a dataset made of 7 consecutive years of phytoplankton biomass and production in Lake Kivu (Eastern Africa). From 2002 to 2008, bi-weekly samplings were performed in a pelagic site in order to quantify phytoplankton composition and biomass, using marker pigments ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.12.036

99. Public perspectives on genetic biocontrol technologies for controlling invasive fish

Author:
Leah M. Sharpe
Source:
Biological invasions 2014 v.16 no.6 pp. 1241-1256
ISSN:
1387-3547
Subject:
attitudes and opinions; biological control; cost benefit analysis; environmental impact; focus groups; invasive species; lakes; researchers; risk assessment; stakeholders; Great Lakes; United States
Abstract:
... Understanding people’s knowledge, attitudes, and concerns about genetic biocontrol can help researchers understand the challenges and opportunities that may be encountered during development of these technologies. This study conducted eight focus groups in the United States Great Lakes and Lake Champlain region to assess different stakeholders’ views about genetic biocontrol technology, factors af ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10530-013-0545-5

100. Quantitative risk analysis for potentially resistant E. coli in surface waters caused by antibiotic use in agricultural systems

Author:
Alya Limayem; Elizabeth M. Martin
Source:
Journal of environmental science and health 2014 v.49 no.2 pp. 124-133
ISSN:
1532-4109
Subject:
Escherichia coli O157; adverse effects; antibiotics; at-risk population; bacterial contamination; computer software; dose response; ecosystems; environmental health; humans; indicator species; livestock; microbiological risk assessment; models; pollutants; probability; probability distribution; quantitative risk assessment; sampling; surface water; Great Lakes; United States
Abstract:
... Antibiotics are frequently used in agricultural systems to promote livestock health and to control bacterial contaminants. Given the upsurge of the resistant fecal indicator bacteria (FIB) in the surface waters, a novel statistical method namely, microbial risk assessment (MRA) was performed, to evaluate the probability of infection by resistant FIB on populations exposed to recreational waters. D ...
DOI:
10.1080/03601234.2014.847220