Over the years I have seen what was once a florishing ecosystem of fish survive. Now I am not so sure, see we had zebra mussels come in. They are an invasive species that takes the sediment out of the water and clears it. Has anyone else had a problem with these mussels?
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Over the years I have seen what was once a florishing ecosystem of fish survive. Now I am not so sure, see we had zebra mussels
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Don't mistake me for an expert or a biologist, but ... one positive is that smallmouth bass fishing in Lakes Erie and St. Clair has improved, seemingly due to zebra mussels cleaning the water.
Quagga mussels are getting a lot more attention lately. Besides their deep water effects on the food chain and water clarity, there is a tie into botulism and potential concentrations of bad chemicals in whatever eats them.
Seems that Lake Michigan gobie population densities are increasing, while alewife and sculpin populations are decreasing, with overall prey fish populations decreasing, affecting salmon, steelhead, and lake trout. Add silver and bighead carp? What a mess. Keep in mind that the lake trout are native and the salmon and steelhead were brought in to eat the invasive alewife. You'd see/smell why if you were at a beach during an alewife die off.
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