Stephanie E. Figary , James M. Watkins , T. Bruce Lauber , Anne E. Scofield , Lars G. Rudstam
{"title":"Revisiting zooplankton as indicators in the Great Lakes: Which indicators detect temporal changes in the zooplankton community composition?","authors":"Stephanie E. Figary , James M. Watkins , T. Bruce Lauber , Anne E. Scofield , Lars G. Rudstam","doi":"10.1016/j.jglr.2024.102417","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jglr.2024.102417","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Zooplankton are a vital component of the food web as the major conduit of energy from primary producers to planktivorous fishes. Therefore, changes in the structure of the zooplankton community affect how energy moves through aquatic ecosystems. Changes in the zooplankton community structure are typically documented through detailed community analysis, which can be difficult to interpret and communicate to non-experts. Alternatively, a few key summary indicators of community structure may better disseminate this information to a broader audience. In this study we analyzed zooplankton data from 1997 to 2019 from the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Great Lakes National Program Office to select indicators that summarized changes in the zooplankton community. Two indicators (percent of calanoids by biomass and areal density of herbivorous cladocerans) detected known changes in lakes Huron, Michigan, and Ontario, correlated with the crustacean zooplankton areal biomass above (herbivorous cladocerans) or in the hypolimnion (percent calanoids), and were related to the lake or basin-wide Carlson’s Trophic State Index based on chlorophyll (TSI<sub>chl</sub>) (percent calanoids by biomass). Our findings suggest that employing one or both selected indicators in addition to TSI<sub>chl</sub> and total crustacean zooplankton areal biomass, an already reported indicator in the Great Lakes that captures overall food availability for fish, would provide additional key information about zooplankton community structure in simple metrics that could be effectively communicated to stakeholders.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54818,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Great Lakes Research","volume":"50 5","pages":"Article 102417"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142316240","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Martin A. Simonson , David B. Bunnell , Charles P. Madenjian , Kevin M. Keeler , Joseph D. Schmitt
{"title":"Comparison of cisco (Coregonus artedi) aerobic scope and thermal tolerance between two latitudinally-separated populations","authors":"Martin A. Simonson , David B. Bunnell , Charles P. Madenjian , Kevin M. Keeler , Joseph D. Schmitt","doi":"10.1016/j.jglr.2024.102415","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jglr.2024.102415","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The cisco <em>Coregonus artedi</em> is a coldwater fish that is distributed throughout much of Canada and the northern United States, including the Laurentian Great Lakes. Cisco historically supported large commercial fisheries in the Great Lakes during the late 1800s and early 1900s, but many populations declined and never recovered. Restoration efforts focusing on re-establishing cisco in the Great Lakes are underway, but increasing water temperatures may hinder these efforts. Therefore, we examined aerobic scope and thermal tolerance of allopatric cisco populations from different latitudes and habitats to determine if a southern latitude population (Crooked Lake, Indiana, USA) near the southern edge of cisco distribution was better adapted to withstand warmer water temperatures than a northern latitude population (Les Cheneaux Islands, Michigan, USA; Lake Huron). As expected, both stocks demonstrated increases in metabolic rates and absolute aerobic scope with increased temperature. Northern cisco had significantly lower aerobic scope compared to southern cisco at both treatment temperatures of 10 and 13 °C. Both cisco stocks had high thermal tolerances when challenged by temperatures increased to 20 and 23 °C but low tolerances at 26 °C. Cisco thermal tolerances increased with acclimation temperature, but we did not detect a difference in thermal tolerances between northern and southern cisco. Although southern cisco had higher capacity for aerobic metabolism, both stock sources had high thermal tolerances at the upper end of their thermal limits. Therefore, either population would be likely suitable for reintroduction into Great Lakes habitats, even with expected warming in the future.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54818,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Great Lakes Research","volume":"50 5","pages":"Article 102415"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142316133","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dominique S. Gilbert , Brett A. Hayhurst , Sarah Grubisich , Nick Schneider , Olivia Martin , Christopher DeNyse , Kristina M. Chomiak , Anna Christina Tyler , Nathan C. Eddingsaas
{"title":"A bellwether for microplastic in wetland catchments in the Great Lakes region","authors":"Dominique S. Gilbert , Brett A. Hayhurst , Sarah Grubisich , Nick Schneider , Olivia Martin , Christopher DeNyse , Kristina M. Chomiak , Anna Christina Tyler , Nathan C. Eddingsaas","doi":"10.1016/j.jglr.2024.102411","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jglr.2024.102411","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study is intended as a bellwether for the occurrence of microplastics (MPs) in Great Lakes wetlands. In 2020, sediment, surface water, and atmospheric deposition samples were collected from wetland catchments in or near five National Wildlife Refuges (NWRs) in the Great Lakes region: Horicon-WI, Seney-MI, Shiawassee-MI, Ottawa-OH, and Montezuma-NY. Sediment and surface water samples were taken from river, stream, and canal inflows and outflows to and from wetland areas. Atmospheric deposition samples were collected in carboys placed near established rain gauges. These sample sites were chosen as indicators of MP deposition into and out of the region’s wetland systems. MPs (100 μm–4 mm surface water samples; 63 μm–4 mm sediment and atmospheric deposition samples) were extracted from each sample, enumerated, and categorized by particle morphology and polymer type. Average MP particle abundances in the sediment and surface water samples ranged from 344 to 538 particles kg<sup>−1</sup> (dry weight) and 2–68 particles m<sup>−3</sup>, respectively. Atmospheric MP deposition ranged from 5.8 to 22.6 particles m<sup>−2</sup> d<sup>−1</sup>. Fibers were the most abundant MP particle type found in each sample type (sediment, surface water, and atmospheric deposition), followed by fragments. These results suggest that input and retention of MPs are pervasive in the Great Lakes region and surrounding wetland areas.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54818,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Great Lakes Research","volume":"50 5","pages":"Article 102411"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142316237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Owen M. Stefaniak , Faith A. Fitzpatrick , Brennan A. Dow , James D. Blount , Daniel J. Sullivan , Paul C. Reneau
{"title":"Influences of meteorological conditions, runoff, and bathymetry on summer thermal regime of a Great Lakes estuary","authors":"Owen M. Stefaniak , Faith A. Fitzpatrick , Brennan A. Dow , James D. Blount , Daniel J. Sullivan , Paul C. Reneau","doi":"10.1016/j.jglr.2024.102416","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jglr.2024.102416","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>To better understand the primary drivers of the thermal regime in a Great Lakes estuary, and their implications for local biota, water temperature variations in the Milwaukee Estuary of Lake Michigan were studied between July and October of 2019 using a network of 25 sensors at 18 locations. Like Lake Michigan, the estuary was thermally stratified July to October, and historically dredged channels with water depths greater than 6 m allowed for the free movement of cold lake water into the estuary. However, temperatures in the estuary fluctuated rapidly both spatially and temporally, reflecting lake temperature fluctuations driven by changing meteorological conditions. Lake-driven upwelling and downwelling events influenced water temperature more than tributary contributions. Periodic upwelling and downwelling events caused temperature changes by up to 15 °C in less than 24 h. Nearshore upwelling events occasionally allowed cold, hypolimnetic lake water to reach tributary portions of the estuary beyond dredged areas, while downwelling events disrupted thermal stratification and caused the deep, dredged portions of the estuary to exceed 20 °C. Thermal impacts from these events were especially noticeable in transition zones between dredged and not dredged channels less than 2 m deep. The warming effects from downwelling persisted longer inside the estuary – up to two weeks – than cooling effects from upwelling, which typically lasted a few days. The predominantly lake-driven, rapid summer water temperature fluctuations observed in the Milwaukee Estuary serve as an important consideration in habitat restoration activities happening in Great Lakes estuaries.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54818,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Great Lakes Research","volume":"50 5","pages":"Article 102416"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0380133024001758/pdfft?md5=555a5d9dc1be2d20211fa046cec9b08c&pid=1-s2.0-S0380133024001758-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142316238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lake-bottom geology of the Chicago nearshore: A sand-distribution context for urban beach morphodynamics along a fragmented littoral zone","authors":"Christopher R. Mattheus, Mitchell E. Barklage","doi":"10.1016/j.jglr.2024.102412","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2024.102412","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reports on a high-resolution, regional sand assessment of the Chicago littoral zone, undertaken within ∼ 3 km from shore, to facilitate an improved process-based understanding of pocket-beach morphodynamics between the distinctive North and South sides of the Chicago Lake Michigan shoreline. While past studies have touched upon regional themes of sand limitation and littoral fragmentation by lakefill peninsulas and engineered shoreline infrastructure at these two areas, the integration of digital ‘chirper’ marine seismic reflection data (collected in 2022), geologic information from newly acquired sediment cores and lake-bottom grab samples (from 2023), and a 2020 LiDAR-based topobathymetric DEM provided the basis for geological lake-bottom unit characterization and delineation, a context for morphodynamics. Major findings are that: (1) The sandy lake bottom is distinct in bathymetric character from other compositions/textures, including bedrock, gravel-lag, and muddy sediments; (2) the Chicago North Side is sandier than the Chicago South Side; (3) sand thickness is greatest beneath urban pocket beaches and decreases sharply at the transition from engineered embayment to open lake environment; (4) sand thickness beyond semi-confinement is generally < 1 m, with the toe of the littoral sand wedge generally in > 5 m water depth; and (5) while the Chicago North Side littoral zone is continuously sandy alongshore, with few obstructions impacting unit continuity, that of the South Side is characterized by littoral fragmentation given exposure of bedrock highs. Differences in framework geology between Chicago North and South Sides are further enhanced by engineered shoreline structures and therewith associated littoral fragmentation.","PeriodicalId":54818,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Great Lakes Research","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142187335","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christopher Mulanda Aura , Ruth Lewo Mwarabu , Chrisphine Sangara Nyamweya , Collins Onyango Ongore , Safina Musa , James Last Keyombe , Fredrick Guya , Jane Fonda Awuor , Monica Owili , James Muriithi Njiru
{"title":"Unbundling sustainable community-based cage aquaculture in an afrotropical lake for blue growth","authors":"Christopher Mulanda Aura , Ruth Lewo Mwarabu , Chrisphine Sangara Nyamweya , Collins Onyango Ongore , Safina Musa , James Last Keyombe , Fredrick Guya , Jane Fonda Awuor , Monica Owili , James Muriithi Njiru","doi":"10.1016/j.jglr.2024.102410","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jglr.2024.102410","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Cage aquaculture is rapidly expanding in the African Great Lakes Region, with the potential of boosting fish output while also providing food security, poverty reduction, and job creation. However, there is growing concern that the proliferation of fish cages in Lake Victoria will have a detrimental effect on the lake’s ecology. Using Lake Victoria, Kenya as a case study, the current study evaluated the sustainability features of a community-based cage aquaculture that are based on socio-economic, physico-chemical, biological variables and risks in the lake and proposed potential mitigation measures. The potential production carrying capacity was estimated to be more than 500% of current cage culture production, but subject to the use of good aquaculture practices (GAPs) and best management practices (BMPs) for sustainable lake ecology. The study suggests using a community-based cage culture framework, appropriate policies and regulations, to improve lake and resource management, as well as to guide cage culture businesses, improve security, and facilitate resource usage dispute resolution procedures.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54818,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Great Lakes Research","volume":"50 5","pages":"Article 102410"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142315960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Michael McKay , Julius Otieno Manyala , Fiona Nunan , Chrisphine Nyamweya , Fonda Jane Awuor , James Njiru
{"title":"Introduction to the special section: Aquatic resources for a sustainable future and blue economy prosperity for the African Great Lakes region","authors":"R. Michael McKay , Julius Otieno Manyala , Fiona Nunan , Chrisphine Nyamweya , Fonda Jane Awuor , James Njiru","doi":"10.1016/j.jglr.2024.102413","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jglr.2024.102413","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Climate change, overfishing, pollution, and habitat degradation are no longer distant threats and demand our collective action. Rising to this challenge, the Aquatic Resources and Blue Economy Conference (ARBEC) held in Kisumu, Kenya served as a call to action for sustainable aquatic practices and protection of blue economy resources. The blue economy holds much promise yet as the global community faces unprecedented environmental challenges, it’s potential hinges on our ability to make informed, science-driven decisions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54818,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Great Lakes Research","volume":"50 5","pages":"Article 102413"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0380133024001722/pdfft?md5=e3e8ffcc29aba53ccb8359124a501de1&pid=1-s2.0-S0380133024001722-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142315959","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aisha Javed, Alex Neumann, Haibin Cai, Carlos Alberto Arnillas, George B. Arhonditsis
{"title":"A reservoir-based approach of the SWAT hydrological model in the Napanee River and Wilton Creek agricultural watersheds, Bay of Quinte","authors":"Aisha Javed, Alex Neumann, Haibin Cai, Carlos Alberto Arnillas, George B. Arhonditsis","doi":"10.1016/j.jglr.2024.102404","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jglr.2024.102404","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this study, we employ the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT), to simulate the hydrological cycle in the Napanee River and Wilton Creek watersheds located in the Bay of Quinte Area of Concern. The geomorphological attributes of the two sites presented challenges in successfully reproducing the observed streamflow with a conceptual model, like SWAT. After adjusting the model inputs and revising the boundary conditions, SWAT performance for the Napanee River model was found to be “very good” within both calibration (Nash-Sutcliffe efficiency, NSE, =0.83 and NSE = 0.87 for the daily and monthly streamflow rates, respectively) and validation (NSE = 0.87 and NSE = 0.91) domains. In contrast, despite the small size of Wilton Creek (∼233 km<sup>2</sup>) and the lack of permanent or human-regulated dams, the observed streamflow patterns displayed considerably delayed response to extreme precipitation events which posed challenges in achieving satisfactory model performance. Field evidence suggests that model residual variability is driven by excessive surface storage of water, the presence of beaver dams and narrowing of the stream channels under the bridges, which could potentially delay the flow of water for many days. After delineating the areas of flooding and treating them as reservoirs in Wilton Creek, we were able to overcome the modelling challenges with minor modifications in the original SWAT configuration and achieve satisfactory fit for both the calibration (NSE = 0.55 and NSE = 0.73) and validation (NSE = 0.59 and NSE = 0.76) periods. Our study suggests that the reservoirs play a significant role in buffering the impact of extreme flow conditions, especially during the spring freshet</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54818,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Great Lakes Research","volume":"50 5","pages":"Article 102404"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0380133024001631/pdfft?md5=27434f7907d14defe3f9fbcac885958d&pid=1-s2.0-S0380133024001631-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142316236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cécilia Barouillet , Kathleen R. Laird , Brian F. Cumming , Bruce P. Finney , Daniel T. Selbie
{"title":"Assessment of anthropogenic impacts on the trophic dynamics of Babine Lake: Implications for the production of sockeye salmon","authors":"Cécilia Barouillet , Kathleen R. Laird , Brian F. Cumming , Bruce P. Finney , Daniel T. Selbie","doi":"10.1016/j.jglr.2024.102395","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jglr.2024.102395","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Babine Lake, British Columbia, is Canada’s largest sockeye salmon (<em>Oncorhynchus nerka</em>) nursery lake, sustaining numerous ecosystem services (e.g., fisheries, recreation, cultural and spiritual benefits). The lake and its watershed have experienced significant anthropogenic and natural disturbances since the early 1900’s, including extensive logging, pine beetle infestations, mining, fisheries enhancements, and climate change. To help understand the cumulative impacts of local and regional factors on the trophic ecology of this large freshwater ecosystem, we used the paleolimnological approach to reconstruct changes over the past ∼ 200 years of primary production (subfossil pigments, diatom microfossils), secondary production (cladoceran zooplankton microfossils) and geochemistry (carbon and nitrogen isotopes, elemental analyses, % organic matter). Between ca. 1950 and the 2000’s changes in the sedimentary proxies are consistent with an enhanced influx of nutrients and dissolved organic carbon likely due to the cumulative landscape disturbances and an increase in precipitation. These changes include shifts in diatom composition ca. 1950 to higher abundances and taxa indicative of decreased light penetration and nutrient enrichment. Increases in δ<sup>15</sup>N (∼ +1‰) and cladoceran concentrations, concurrent with increasing sockeye salmon escapement post ca. 1975, is indicative of a higher pelagic fish production that occurs concurrently with both fisheries enhancements and sustained higher precipitation. The largest and most abrupt change in algal pigments occurred post ca. 2000, characterized by increases in motile and buoyant algae (i.e., chrysophytes, cryptophytes, colonial cyanobacteria), a time of increasing regional air temperatures, reduced spring and autumn winds, and resultant changes in patterns of lake mixing.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54818,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Great Lakes Research","volume":"50 5","pages":"Article 102395"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0380133024001539/pdfft?md5=73ca425f4899d5450ba008e4aa54c32c&pid=1-s2.0-S0380133024001539-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142316131","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hillary L. Glandon , Emily M. Reed , Scot D. Peterson , Charles R. Roswell , Amber R. Schmidt , John H. Chick , Sara M. Thomas , Patrick S. Forsythe , Carl R. Ruetz III , Sergiusz J. Czesny
{"title":"Nearshore and embayment zooplankton community structure in Lake Michigan, implications for invasion by bigheaded carps","authors":"Hillary L. Glandon , Emily M. Reed , Scot D. Peterson , Charles R. Roswell , Amber R. Schmidt , John H. Chick , Sara M. Thomas , Patrick S. Forsythe , Carl R. Ruetz III , Sergiusz J. Czesny","doi":"10.1016/j.jglr.2024.102405","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jglr.2024.102405","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Zooplankton communities in Lake Michigan’s nearshore and embayment regions are important food sources for planktivorous and larval fish. Geographically extensive surveys of nearshore zooplankton abundance and composition are crucial for understanding spatial patterns in community structure and Lake Michigan’s food web. Over 400 zooplankton samples collected in 2013 and 2014 from 25 locations in Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin harbors, open waters, and drowned river mouth lakes of Lake Michigan were used to identify spatial and temporal patterns in zooplankton assemblages. Special focus was placed on the accurate collection of small-bodied taxa such as rotifers, copepod nauplii, and dreissenid veligers to explore the contribution of smaller taxa to total zooplankton biomass. Multivariate analysis identified zooplankton biomass and community structure in Green Bay, Wisconsin and Michigan drowned river mouth lakes as distinct from Illinois and Wisconsin harbor and nearshore areas. Our zooplankton biomass estimates were then applied to an existing bioenergetics model for bigheaded carps (<em>Hypophthalmichthys nobilis</em> and <em>H. molitrix</em>) to quantify their predicted growth, as a proxy for successful establishment in Lake Michigan. Locations where bigheaded carps were predicted to grow were consistent with patterns in zooplankton community structure and were restricted to a handful of sites in Green Bay and Michigan drowned river mouths. These results emphasize the importance of embayment zooplankton communities and small-bodied zooplankton as energy sources for both native and non-native fishes in an increasingly oligotrophic Lake Michigan.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54818,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Great Lakes Research","volume":"50 5","pages":"Article 102405"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0380133024001643/pdfft?md5=884d2396e1caeab0de008aac65e425ef&pid=1-s2.0-S0380133024001643-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141944658","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}