Rapid increase and subsequent decline of zebra and quagga mussels in Long Point Bay, Lake Erie: Possible influence of waterfowl predation

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 772-782

  Petrie, Scott A ^a   Knapton, Richard W ^a,b  

^a Long Point Waterfowl and Wetlands Research Fund   (Canada)

^b CAPE BRETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dreissenid mussels; Lake Erie; Long Point; Predation; Quagga mussel; Scaup; Waterfowl; Zebra mussel

Indexed keywords

INTRODUCED SPECIES; MOLLUSC; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; WATERFOWL;

GREAT LAKES(LAKE ERIE); NORTH AMERICA; POINT BAY;

ANAS; ANAS SP.; ANATIDAE; ANIMALIA; ANSER; AVES; AYTHYA AFFINIS; AYTHYA MARILA; BUCEPHALA ALBEOLA; DREISSENA BUGENSIS; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; DREISSENIDAE; EQUUS QUAGGA; MARILA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0033503717     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(99)70776-8     Document Type: Article

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