Modeling species invasions in Ecopath with Ecosim: An evaluation using Laurentian Great Lakes models

2012 ◽  
Vol 247 ◽  
pp. 251-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian J. Langseth ◽  
Mark Rogers ◽  
Hongyan Zhang
2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 255-264
Author(s):  
Andrew J Bramburger ◽  
Euan D Reavie ◽  
Gerald V Sgro ◽  
Lisa R Estepp ◽  
Victoria L Shaw Chraïbi ◽  
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Abstract The Laurentian Great Lakes are among the planet’s fastest-warming lakes. Recent paleolimnological studies have shown changes in the diatom community of the system, including shifts towards taxa characteristic of strongly stratified systems and ongoing cell-size diminution. Relationships between species’ cell size and establishment in—or extirpation from—the system have not been addressed. Examining patterns of establishment and extirpation provides insight into the effects of multiple stressors at the ecosystem scale. We evaluate the timing of the establishment or extirpation of diatom taxa from fossil records post-European settlement within the Great Lakes as a function of cell size. Relationships between establishment or extirpation date and cell size were not random, and were best expressed as cubic curves. Generally, large taxa became established early in the record, while establishments of smaller taxa continued apace until the late 20th century. Extirpations of taxa of all sizes accelerated in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, and large-celled taxa were disproportionately extirpated over the last two decades. We discuss the implications of these relationships on the overall cell-size characteristics of the community, and consider the influences of propagule pressure, nutrient status, species invasions, and climate change upon diatom establishment and extirpation.


1997 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 809-814 ◽  
Author(s):  
D T Zaranko ◽  
D G Farara ◽  
F G Thompson

In 1991, the hydrobiid snail Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Gray 1843), native to New Zealand, was found 1 km offshore Wilson, New York, in Lake Ontario. This is the first known occurrence of the snail in eastern North America. Densities of P. antipodarum have increased since its discovery, and the snail is expected to spread quickly throughout the Great Lakes area. The biofouling potential of P. antipodarum is probably low; however, its most serious threat may be resource competition with native molluscs. This species was probably introduced in ballast water from transoceanic vessels, thus increasing the list of nonindigenous aquatic organisms introduced into the Great Lakes since the 1800s to 140 different organisms. The risk of other species invasions into the Great Lakes is still possible, despite the now mandatory ballast water regulations.


Author(s):  
John Lekki ◽  
R. Anderson ◽  
Q.-V. Nguyen ◽  
J. Demers ◽  
J. Flatico ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
John W. Johnston ◽  
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Erin P. Argyilan ◽  
Steve J. Baedke ◽  
Sean Morrison ◽  
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Author(s):  
Edward S. Rutherford ◽  
Hongyan Zhang ◽  
Yu‐Chun Kao ◽  
Doran M. Mason ◽  
Ali Shakoor ◽  
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Author(s):  
Euan D. Reavie ◽  
Meijun Cai ◽  
Carsten Meyer-Jacob ◽  
John P. Smol ◽  
Josef P. Werne

Inland Waters ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Elisa Calamita ◽  
Sebastiano Piccolroaz ◽  
Bruno Majone ◽  
Marco Toffolon

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (6) ◽  
pp. 1011-1035 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.A. Sturtevant ◽  
D.M. Mason ◽  
E.S. Rutherford ◽  
A. Elgin ◽  
E. Lower ◽  
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