Lake Michigan Mysteries: Sleeping Bear Dunes
Moraska Lafrancois B. 2016. Lake Michigan Mysteries: Sleeping Bear Dunes
Explores the environmental change and interrelationship been introduced species in northeast Lake Michigan. Quagga mussels and round gobies have altered the aquatic food web and precipitated outbreaks of algae and the botulism toxin. The botulism outbreaks have resulted in die-offs of aquatic birds.
- Type
- Resource Brief
- Authors
- Moraska Lafrancois, Brenda
- Date of Issue
- 2016-10
- Units
- SLBE
- Keywords
- GLKN Brief, GLRI, Invasive Species
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Invasive Species | Invasive/Exotic animals , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Freshwater Communities