Silver Carp - Impacts

Hypophthalmichthys molitrix
(Silver Carp)
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22 results for Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (Silver Carp)

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Impact ID	Scientific Name	Impact Type	Study Type	Study Location	Impact Description	Reference
2065	Hypophthalmichthys molitrix	Competition	Observational	Field	Silver Carp were competing with commercially valuable native fish for zooplankton. The silver carp...	22931
2074	Hypophthalmichthys molitrix	Water Quality	Experimental	Laboratory	Mesocosm experiments suggests that stocking of Silver Carp can control excess blue-green algae in...	22694
2150	Hypophthalmichthys molitrix	Water Quality	Experimental	Field	Water clarity was reduced in eutrophic waters stocked with higher density of Silver Carp, compared...	22835
2151	Hypophthalmichthys molitrix	Food Web	Experimental	Field	The species composition of cladocerans changed with the stocking of Silver Carp, shifting from...	22835
2152	Hypophthalmichthys molitrix	Water Quality	Experimental	Field	Algal blooms may be controlled by Silver Carp in eutrophic waters.	22913
2153	Hypophthalmichthys molitrix	Food Web	Experimental	Field	Silver Carp can suppress zooplankton through herbivory of algal biomass in the form available to...	22913
2154	Hypophthalmichthys molitrix	Competition	Experimental	Field	Silver Carp compete for algae as a food source with a small cladoceran, Moina micrura.	22913
2155	Hypophthalmichthys molitrix	Predation/Herbivory	Experimental	Field	Silver Carp predation supressed the whole zooplankton community also resulting in a shift from...	23557
2176	Hypophthalmichthys molitrix	Food Web	Observational	Field	A 22-year presence of Silver Carp in the Illinois River coincided with a reduction in phytoplankton...	31254
2523	Hypophthalmichthys molitrix	Food Web	Observational	Field	Silver Carp showed differential selectivity in phytoplankton consumption, with euglenoid algae...	27217
2524	Hypophthalmichthys molitrix	Food Web	Anecdotal	N/A	A model suggests that Silver and Bighead Carp would affect Lake Erie’s food web by competing with...	30222
2635	Hypophthalmichthys molitrix	Predation/Herbivory	Experimental	Field	Bighead and Silver Carps stocked in reservoirs reduced zooplankton and phytoplankton biomass.	23525
2636	Hypophthalmichthys molitrix	Competition	Observational	Field	There was diet substantial overlap of Bighead and Silver Carps with Gizzard Shad and less overlap...	18463
4073	Hypophthalmichthys molitrix	Competition	Observational	Field	Gizzard Shad body condition and catch per unit effort decreased after the introduction Bighead Carp...	35727
4075	Hypophthalmichthys molitrix	Food Web	Observational	Field	Establishment and population growth of Bighead and Silver Carps is associated with changes in...	27200
4079	Hypophthalmichthys molitrix	Competition	Observational	Field	Study results may suggest that Asian carps are influencing native planktivore body condition....	17189
4083	Hypophthalmichthys molitrix	Water Quality	Experimental	Field	Bighead and Silver carp were effective in controlling the nuisance green alga Rhizoclonium...	18186
4084	Hypophthalmichthys molitrix	Food Web	Observational	Field	Viable cells of several different types of phyoplankton were found in the hindgut of Bighead and...	30221
4085	Hypophthalmichthys molitrix	Aquaculture/Agriculture	Observational	N/A	Silver Carp has been beneficial as a cultured food fish in the Philippines.	33067
4086	Hypophthalmichthys molitrix	Food Web	Experimental	Laboratory	Age-0 Blue and Channel Catfish showed both survival and growth on a diet of Silver Carp fecal...	35730
5716	Hypophthalmichthys molitrix	Human Health	Observational	Field	Silver carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix in the Olifants River had high levels of As, Cd...	40085
5792	Hypophthalmichthys molitrix	Disease/Parasites/Toxicity	Observational	Field	Cultured silver carp, Hypophthalmichthys molitrix, can carry an aquatic bacterium...	40368

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