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Open AccessReimagining large river management using the Resist–Accept–Direct (RAD) framework in the Upper Mississippi River
Large-river decision-makers are charged with maintaining diverse ecosystem services through unprecedented social-ecological transformations as climate change and other global stressors intensify. The interconn...
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Walleye and yellow perch resource use in large lakes invaded by spiny water fleas and zebra mussels
Walleye (Sander vitreus; WAE) and yellow perch (Perca flavescens; YEP; collectively percids) are freshwater fishes threatened by multiple stressors, including aquatic invasive species. Zebra mussels (Dreissena po...
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Open AccessSimultaneous invasion decouples zebra mussels and water clarity
Species invasions are a leading threat to ecosystems globally, but our understanding of interactions among multiple invasive species and their outcomes on ecosystem properties is undeveloped despite their sign...
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Open AccessEarly presence of Bythotrephes cederströmii (Cladocera: Cercopagidae) in lake sediments in North America: evidence or artifact?
The spiny water flea (Bythotrephes cederströmii), a freshwater crustacean considered to be the world’s best-studied invasive zooplankter, was first recorded in North America in the Laurentian Great Lakes during t...
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Trophic complexity of small fish in nearshore food webs
Small nearshore fishes are an important part of lacustrine and functional diversity and link pelagic and benthic habitats by serving as prey for larger nearshore and offshore fishes. However, the trophic compl...
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Open AccessWalleye growth declines following zebra mussel and Bythotrephes invasion
Invasive species represent a threat to aquatic ecosystems globally; however, impacts can be heterogenous across systems. Documented impacts of invasive zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) and spiny water fleas (
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Fish Community Structure and Diet Responses to Newbury Weirs in a Low-Gradient River
Restoration projects are often implemented to address specific issues in the environment. Consequences of a restoration project, if any are measured, typically focus on direct changes to the projects focus. Ho...
