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Uncovering Adaptive Versus Acclimatized Alterations In Standard Metabolic Rate In Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus Nebulosus), Tood A. Leadley, Anne Mcleod, Timothy B. Johnson, Daniel D. Heath, Ken G. Drouillard
Uncovering Adaptive Versus Acclimatized Alterations In Standard Metabolic Rate In Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus Nebulosus), Tood A. Leadley, Anne Mcleod, Timothy B. Johnson, Daniel D. Heath, Ken G. Drouillard
Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research Publications
Standard metabolic rates (SMR) were measured in Brown Bullheads collected from two locations of the Detroit River, North America, representative of highly contaminated and uncontaminated areas. Measurements of SMR were completed within 10 d of fish collections (acute trials), for fish held in a common pond environment for 1 year (clearance trials) and for F1 generation fish raised in the pond environment (F1 study). SMRs were significantly higher (26%) in fish from the contaminated area during acute trials. Both populations showed large decreases in SMR (49 to 52 %) following clearance, however, differences between populations were still evident. There were …
A Comparison Of The Bioaccumulation Potential Of Mercury And Polychlorinated Biphenyls In Goldfish (Carassius Auratus), Jiajia Li, Ken G. Drouillard, Brian Braunfireun, Douglass G. Haffner
A Comparison Of The Bioaccumulation Potential Of Mercury And Polychlorinated Biphenyls In Goldfish (Carassius Auratus), Jiajia Li, Ken G. Drouillard, Brian Braunfireun, Douglass G. Haffner
Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research Publications
Both mercury (Hg) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) demonstrate food web biomagnification in aquatic ecosystems, yet their toxicokinetics have not been simultaneously contrasted within a common fish species. This study quantifies uptake and elimination rates of Hg and PCBs in goldfish. Fish were exposed to contaminated food containing PCBs and Hg to determine dietary chemical assimilation efficiencies (AEs) and elimination coefficients (ktot). To test first-order kinetics, three exposure regimes were established by varying the proportion of contaminated fish incorporated into the food. Dietary AEs were 98 ± 10, 75 ± 12, and 40 ± 9% for MeHg, THg, and …
Pcb Food Web Dynamics Quantify Nutrient And Energy Flow In Aquatic Ecosystems, Anne M. Mcleod, Gord Paterson, Ken G. Drouillard, Douglas G. Haffner
Pcb Food Web Dynamics Quantify Nutrient And Energy Flow In Aquatic Ecosystems, Anne M. Mcleod, Gord Paterson, Ken G. Drouillard, Douglas G. Haffner
Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research Publications
Measuring in situ nutrient and energy flows in spatially and temporally complex aquatic ecosystems represents a major ecological challenge. Food web structure, energy and nutrient budgets are difficult to measure, and it is becoming more important to quantify both energy and nutrient flow to determine how food web processes and structure are being modified by multiple stressors. We propose that polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners represent an ideal tracer to quantify in situ energy and nutrient flow between trophic levels. Here, we demonstrate how an understanding of PCB congener bioaccumulation dynamics provides multiple direct measurements of energy and nutrient flow in …
Hierarchical Analysis Of Genetic Structure In The Habitat-Specialist Eastern Sand Darter (Ammocrypta Pellucida), Robert Ginson, Ryan P. Walter, Nicholas E. Mandrak, Courtney L. Beneteau, Daniel D. Heath
Hierarchical Analysis Of Genetic Structure In The Habitat-Specialist Eastern Sand Darter (Ammocrypta Pellucida), Robert Ginson, Ryan P. Walter, Nicholas E. Mandrak, Courtney L. Beneteau, Daniel D. Heath
Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research Publications
Quantifying spatial genetic structure can reveal the relative influences of contemporary and historic factors underlying localized and regional patterns of genetic diversity and gene flow - important considerations for the development of effective conservation efforts. Using 10 polymorphic microsatellite loci, we characterize genetic variation among populations across the range of the Eastern Sand Darter (Ammocrypta pellucida), a small riverine percid that is highly dependent on sandy substrate microhabitats. We tested for fine scale, regional, and historic patterns of genetic structure. As expected, significant differentiation was detected among rivers within drainages and among drainages. At finer scales, an unexpected lack of …
Benefits Of Turbid River Plume Habitat For Lake Erie Yellow Perch (Perca Flavescens) Recruitment Determined By Juvenile To Larval Genotype Assignment, Lucia B. Carreon-Martinez, Ryan P. Walter, Timothy B. Johnson, Stuart A. Ludsin, Daniel D. Heath
Benefits Of Turbid River Plume Habitat For Lake Erie Yellow Perch (Perca Flavescens) Recruitment Determined By Juvenile To Larval Genotype Assignment, Lucia B. Carreon-Martinez, Ryan P. Walter, Timothy B. Johnson, Stuart A. Ludsin, Daniel D. Heath
Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research Publications
Nutrient-rich, turbid river plumes that are common to large lakes and coastal marine ecosystems have been hypothesized to benefit survival of fish during early life stages by increasing food availability and (or) reducing vulnerability to visual predators. However, evidence that river plumes truly benefit the recruitment process remains meager for both freshwater and marine fishes. Here, we use genotype assignment between juvenile and larval yellow perch (Perca flavescens) from western Lake Erie to estimate and compare recruitment to the age-0 juvenile stage for larvae residing inside the highly turbid, south-shore Maumee River plume versus those occupying the less turbid, more …
Particle Backtracking Improves Breeding Subpopulation Discrimination And Natal-Source Identification In Mixed Populations, Michael E. Fraker, Eric J. Anderson, Reed M. Brodnik, Lucia Carreon-Martinez, Kristen M. Devanna, Brian J. Fryer, Daniel D. Heath, Julie M. Reichert, Stuart A. Ludsin
Particle Backtracking Improves Breeding Subpopulation Discrimination And Natal-Source Identification In Mixed Populations, Michael E. Fraker, Eric J. Anderson, Reed M. Brodnik, Lucia Carreon-Martinez, Kristen M. Devanna, Brian J. Fryer, Daniel D. Heath, Julie M. Reichert, Stuart A. Ludsin
Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research Publications
We provide a novel method to improve the use of natural tagging approaches for subpopulation discrimination and source-origin identification in aquatic and terrestrial animals with a passive dispersive phase. Our method integrates observed site-referenced biological information on individuals in mixed populations with a particle-tracking model to retrace likely dispersal histories prior to capture (i.e., particle backtracking). To illustrate and test our approach, we focus on western Lake Erie's yellow perch (Perca flavescens) population during 2006-2007, using microsatellite DNA and otolith microchemistry from larvae and juveniles as natural tags. Particle backtracking showed that not all larvae collected near a presumed hatching …
Effect Of Cod: So42- Ratio, Hrt And Linoleic Acid Concentration On Mesophilic Sulfate Reduction: Reactor Performance And Microbial Population Dynamics, Chungman Moon, Rajesh Singh, Sathyanarayan S. Veeravalli, Saravanan R. Shanmugam, Subba Rao Chaganti, Jerald A. Lalman, Daniel D. Heath
Effect Of Cod: So42- Ratio, Hrt And Linoleic Acid Concentration On Mesophilic Sulfate Reduction: Reactor Performance And Microbial Population Dynamics, Chungman Moon, Rajesh Singh, Sathyanarayan S. Veeravalli, Saravanan R. Shanmugam, Subba Rao Chaganti, Jerald A. Lalman, Daniel D. Heath
Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research Publications
Biological sulfate (SO42-) reduction was examined in anaerobic sequential batch reactors (ASBRs) operated under different hydraulic retention times (HRTs) ranging from 12 to 36 h and COD (Chemical Oxygen Demand)/SO42- ratios of 2.4, 1.6 and 0.8. Competition between SO42- reducing bacteria (SRBs), methane producing archaea (MPAs) and homoacetogens (HACs) was examined in controls and cultures treated with linoleic acid (LA). The ASBR performance was influenced by the COD/SO42- ratio in control cultures with a SO42- reduction of 87% at a COD/SO42- ratio of 0.8. At a 12 h HRT, in both control and LA treated cultures, greater than 75% SO42- …
The Effects Of Inbreeding On Sperm Quality Traits In Captive-Bred Lake Trout, Salvelinus Namaycush (Walbaum, 1972), K. Johnson, Ian A.E. Butts, J. L. Smith, C. C. Wilson, Trevor E. Pitcher
The Effects Of Inbreeding On Sperm Quality Traits In Captive-Bred Lake Trout, Salvelinus Namaycush (Walbaum, 1972), K. Johnson, Ian A.E. Butts, J. L. Smith, C. C. Wilson, Trevor E. Pitcher
Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research Publications
The effects of inbreeding in both captive and wild-caught species and populations have been reported to affect a wide variety of life history traits. Recently, the effects of inbreeding on reproductive traits such as sperm quality have become a subject of particular interest for conservation biology, evolutionary ecology, and management of captive populations. This study investigated the effects of inbreeding on sperm quality in a captive population of experimentally inbred and outbred lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush. It was found for moderately to highly inbred males (males with half-sib and full-sib parents, respectively), that sperm quality traits (velocity, motility, linearity, longevity, …