Specimen ID | 4053 |
Group | Crustaceans-Cladocerans |
Genus | Bythotrephes |
Species | longimanus |
Common Name | spiny waterflea |
State | WI |
Locality | Lake Michigan |
Mapping Accuracy | Approximate |
HUC8 Name | Lake Michigan |
HUC8 Number | 04190000 |
Map | |
Collection Day | 22 |
Collection Month | 4 |
Collection Year | 1988 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | shipping ballast water |
Status | established |
Comments | First observed in Lake Huron in 1984. Spread to all 5 Great Lakes in 3 years and is the dominant and preferred food of white perch, yellow perch, juvenile walleye, and juvenile coho salmon. Also caused restructuring of plankton community. |
Record Type | Personal communication |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |