Wetland macroinvertebrates of Prentiss Bay, Lake Huron, Michigan: Diversity and functional group composition

Great Lakes Entomologist

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 149-160

  Merritt, R W ^a   Benbow, M E ^a   Hudson, P L ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHNIDA; ARTHROPODA; BIVALVIA; GASTROPODA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MALACOSTRACA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0345393318     PISSN: 00900222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Batzer, D. P. 1998. Trophic interactions among detritus, benthic midges, and predatory fish in a freshwater marsh. Ecology 79: 1688-1698.
2. Batzer, D. P. and V. H. Resh. 1991. Trophic interactions among a beetle predator, a chironomid grazer, and periphyton in a seasonal wetland. Oikos 60: 251-257.
3. Batzer, D. P. and S. A. Wissinger. 1996. Ecology of insect communities in nontidal wetlands. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 41: 75-100.
4. Batzer, D. P., R. B. Rader and S. Wissenger. 1999. Invertebrates in freshwater wetlands in North America: ecology and management. John Wiley and Sons, New York.
5. Brady, S. F., B. J. Cardinale and T. M. Burton. 1995. Zebra mussels in a coastal marsh: the seasonal and spatial limits of colonization. J. Great Lakes Res. 21: 587-593.
6. Brady, V. J. and T. M. Burton. 1995. The microcrustacean community of a Saginaw Bay coastal emergent marsh, pp. 325-341. In: M. Munawar, T. Edsall and J. Leach (eds.) The Lake Huron Ecosystem: Ecology, Fisheries and Management. SPB Academic Publishing, Amsterdam.
7. Burton, T. M., C. A. Stricker and D. G. Uzarski. 2002. Effects of plant community composition and exposure to wave action on invertebrate habitat use of Lake Huron coastal wetlands. Lakes & Reservoirs: Res. and Manage. 7: 255-269.
8. Burton, T. M., D. G. Uzarski, J. P. Gathman, J. A. Genet, B. E. Keas and C. A. Stricker. 1999. Development of a preliminary invertebrate index of biotic integrity for Lake Huron coastal wetlands. Wetlands 19: 869-882.
9. Campeau, S., H. R. Murkin and R. D. Titman. 1994. Relative importance of algae and emergent plant litter to freshwater marsh invertebrates. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 51: 681-692.
10. Cardinale, B. J., T. M. Burton and V. J. Brady. 1997. The community dynamics of epiphytic midge larvae across the pelagic-littoral interface: do animals respond to changes in the abiotic environment. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 54: 2314-2322.
11. Cardinale, B. J., V. J. Brady and T. M. Burton. 1998. Changes in the abundance and diversity of coastal wetland fauna from the open water/macrophyte edge towards shore. Wetlands Ecol. Manage. 6: 59-68.
12. Chow-Fraser, P. 1998. A conceptual ecological model to aid restoration of Cootes Paradise Marsh, a degraded wetland of Lake Ontario, Canada. Wetland Ecol. Manage. 6: 43-57.
13. Cummins, K. W. and R. W. Merritt. 2001. Application of invertebrate functional groups to wetland ecosystem function and biomonitoring, pp. 85-111. In: R. B. Rader, D. P. Batzer and S. A. Wissinger (eds.) Bioassessment and management of North American freshwater wetlands. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York.
14. de Szalay, F. A. and V. H. Resh. 1996. Spatial and temporal variability of trophic relationships among aquatic macroinvertebrates in a seasonal marsh. Wetlands 16: 458-466.
15. Dvolak, J. and E. P. H. Best. 1982. Macro-invertebrate communities associated with the macrophytes of Lake Vechten: structural and functional relationships. Hydrobiologia 95: 115-126.
16. Hudson, P. L., J. W. Reid, L. T. Lesko and J. H. Selgeby. 1998. Cyclopoid and harpacticoid copepods of the Laurentian Great Lakes. Ohio Biological Survey Bulletin Series 12: vi + 50p.
17. Johnson, D. M. 1991. Behavioral ecology of larval dragonflies and damselflies. Trends Ecol. Evol. 6: 8-13.
18. Kashian, D. R. and T. M. Burton. 2000. A comparison of macroinvertebrates of two Great Lakes coastal wetlands: testing potential metrics for an index of ecological integrity. J. Great Lakes Res. 26: 460-481.
19. Krieger, K. A. 1984. Benthic macroinvertebrates as indicators of environmental degradation in the southern nearshore zone of the central basin of Lake Erie. J. Great Lakes Res. 10: 197-209.
20. Krieger, K. A. 1992. The ecology of invertebrates in Great Lakes coastal wetlands: current knowledge and research needs. J. Great Lakes Res. 18: 634-650.
21. Krieger, K. A. and D. M. Klarer. 1991. Zooplankton dynamics in a Great Lakes coastal marsh. J. Great Lakes Res. 17: 255-269.
22. Krull, J. N. 1970. Aquatic plant-macroinvertebrate associations and waterfowl. J. Wild. Manage. 34: 707-718.
23. Mason, W. T. and P. P. Yevich. 1967. The use of phloxine B and rose bengal stains to facilitate sorting benthic samples. Trans. Am. Microsc. Soc. 86: 221-223.
24. Merritt, R. W. and K. W. Cummins. 1996a. Trophic relations of macroinvertebrates, pp. 453-474. In: F. R. Hauer and G. A. Lamberti (eds.) Methods in stream ecology. Academic Press, New York.
25. Merritt, R. W. and K. W. Cummins (eds.). 1996b. An introduction to the aquatic insects of North America. Kendall/Hunt Publ. Co., Dubuque, IA.
26. Merritt, R. W., K. W. Cummins, M. B. Berg, J. A. Novak, M. J. Higgins, K. J. Wessell and J. L. Lessard. 2002. Development and application of a macroinvertebrate functional-group approach in the bioassessment of remnant river oxbows in southwest Florida. J. N. Am. Benthol. Soc. 21: 290-310.
27. Merritt, R. W., M. J. Higgins, K. W. Cummins and B. Vandeneeden. 1999. The Kissimmee River-Riparian marsh ecosystem, Florida: Seasonal differences in invertebrate functional feeding group relationships, pp. 55-79. In: D. P. Batzer, R. B. Rader and S. A. Wissenger (eds.) Invertebrates in freshwater wetlands of North America: Ecology and Management. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
28. Merritt, R. W., J. R. Wallace, M. J. Higgins, M. K. Alexander, M. B. Berg, W. T. Morgan, K. W. Cummins and B. Vandeneeden. 1996. Procedures for the functional analysis of invertebrate communities of the Kissimmee River-floodplain ecosystem. Fla. Sci. 59: 216-274.
29. Rader, R. B., D. P. Batzer and S. A. Wissinger. 2001. Bioassessment and management of North American freshwater wetlands. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York.
30. Rosenberg, D. M. and V. H. Resh. 1993. Freshwater biomonitoring and benthic macroinvertebrates. Chapman and Hall, New York, N.Y.
31. Smock, L. A. and D. L. Stoneburner. 1980. The response of macroinvertebrates to aquatic macrophyte decomposition. Oikos 35: 397-403.
32. Swanson, G. A. 1988. Aquatic habitats of breeding waterfowl, pp. 195-202. In: D. Hook (ed.) The ecology and management of wetlands. Croom Helm, Ltd., Kent, England.
33. Wiggins, G. B., R. J. Mackay and I. M. Smith. 1980. Evolutionary and ecological strategies of animals in annual temporary pools. Arch. Hydrobiol. Suppl. 58: 97-206.
34. Willans, T. H. 1990. Assessing threats to fishery values of Great Lakes wetlands, pp. 68-71. In: J. Kusler and R. Smarton (eds.) Proceedings of an international symposium: wetlands of the Great Lakes. Association of State, Wetlands Managers, Inc., New York, NY.