Impact ID8369
Impact TypePredation/Herbivory
Study TypeObservational
Study LocationField
Impact DescriptionThe fishhook waterflea (Cercopagis pengoi) is known to make up a portion of the adult alewife diet in Lakes Ontario, Erie, and Michigan, but this contribution does not appear significant relative to Bythotrephes longimanus, another nonindigenous spined cladoceran, when these species co-occur.
Reference24426
Cost 
LocationGreat Lakes, USA

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