Abstract Upon invading the Great Lakes, the round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) was
rapidly incorporated in the diet of native predators. The smallmouth bass (Micropterus …

Frequency distributions of log‐scaled abundance and body size for aquatic biota, including
fish, yield size spectra that provide gross estimates of food‐web capacity (number of …

Round gobies (Neogobius melanostomus) from the upper St. Lawrence River (USLR) have
an abundance of some of the largest individuals recorded from the Great Lakes (> 230-mm …

Round gobies and dreissenid mussels, exotic species in the North American Great Lakes
basin, are euryhaline organisms whose geographic spread and ecological impacts in …

Freshwater ecosystems are threatened by the introduction of invasive species. Generalist
invaders often compete with native species for shared resources, resulting in possible native …

Observation of phytoplankton and water chemistry along the main channel of the St.
Lawrence River was made at a high spatial resolution (every 12 km) in order to infer the …

We analyzed stomach contents from 674 young-of-the-year (age-0) muskellunge Esox
masquinongy sampled in New York waters of the St. Lawrence and upper Niagara rivers to …

Round gobies Neogobius melanostomus were observed readily consuming soft tissue from
carcasses of larger fishes under both laboratory and field conditions. Consumption normally …

Research on the gut microbiome of host organisms has rapidly advanced with next
generation sequencing (NGS) and high-performance computing capabilities. Nonetheless …

Kaniatarowanenneh (the St. Lawrence River) is the outflow of one of the world's largest
freshwater ecosystems and its ecological health has implications for resource management …