Neogobius melanostomus
Neogobius melanostomus
(Round Goby)
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52 results for Neogobius melanostomus (Round Goby)

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Impact ID Scientific Name Impact Type Study Type Study Location Impact Description Reference
2300 Neogobius melanostomus Food Web Observational Field (Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, Trichoptera), taxa richness, Shannon diversity, and EPT/chironomid... 18396
2303 Neogobius melanostomus Food Web Observational Field Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, Trichoptera ratios were lower in streams with round gobies and the... 18396
2308 Neogobius melanostomus Food Web Experimental Field Neogobius melanostomus through predation can severely depress benthic organisms which... 22573
2317 Neogobius melanostomus Food Web Observational Field The abundance and richness of small gastropods (=14 mm) was negatively correlated with... 24154
2319 Neogobius melanostomus Food Web Observational Field Stomach contents showed Neogobius melanostomus to be the second most abundant diet item in... 24184
2321 Neogobius melanostomus Food Web Experimental Field There were significantly fewer zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha), quagga mussels... 24190
2328 Neogobius melanostomus Food Web Observational Field Two species found to have significant diet overlap with Neogobius melanostomus in... 28227
2331 Neogobius melanostomus Food Web Experimental Field Predation from Neogobius melanostomus caused changes in blue mussel Mytilus... 32538
2344 Neogobius melanostomus Food Web Anecdotal Field In addition to potential predation on unionids, Neogobius melanostomus may further impact... 32922
2349 Neogobius melanostomus Food Web Experimental Laboratory Competition by Neogobius melanostomus round goby could increase the energy demands of... 25883
2350 Neogobius melanostomus Food Web Experimental Field Neogobius melanostomus comprise the majority of the diet for Lake Erie water snakes... 24189
2356 Neogobius melanostomus Food Web Experimental Laboratory Abundant Neogobius melanostomus may facilitate the transition to piscivory for young of... 28994
2357 Neogobius melanostomus Food Web Observational Field Neogobius melanostomus was the most important Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser... 29855
2358 Neogobius melanostomus Food Web Experimental Field Both exotic dreissenid mussels and the round goby (Neogobius melanastomus) have shifted the... 24186
3574 Neogobius melanostomus Food Web Observational Field Mottled sculpins (Cottus bairdi) in the St. Clair River were apparently decimated by... 16594
3576 Neogobius melanostomus Food Web Observational Field Neogobius melanostomus may have forced mottled sculpins (Cottus bairdi) deeper... 16594
3578 Neogobius melanostomus Food Web Anecdotal N/A Neogobius melanostomus may also feed on eggs of native fish species as recorded here and... 16594
3579 Neogobius melanostomus Food Web Anecdotal N/A Neogobius melanostomus have recently been found in deep water (> 30 m) in Lake Michigan... 16594
3609 Neogobius melanostomus Food Web Anecdotal N/A A potential threat posed by this introduced species is obvious in that numbers of indigenous... 874
3616 Neogobius melanostomus Food Web Observational Field Three corroborating pieces of evidence suggest that round gobies are decimating populations of... 22782
3629 Neogobius melanostomus Food Web Anecdotal N/A Other native benthic species that appear to be only moderately or unaffected by the round goby... 22782
3630 Neogobius melanostomus Food Web Observational Field our 1994 collections suggest that logperch numbers have declined in the Algonac, MI area. We... 22782
3631 Neogobius melanostomus Food Web Anecdotal N/A Consumption of round goby by larger predators may change trophic relationships and energy flow by... 22782
3635 Neogobius melanostomus Food Web Anecdotal N/A Now that round gobies have been found in the upper Great Lakes and have been reported in 15 m deep... 22782
3643 Neogobius melanostomus Food Web Observational Field Among the Gobiidae, the invasive (formerly) Neogobius species (N. melanostomus, Ponticola kessleri... 34240
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