About this document
Lake Ontario Food Web Overview by Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The document summarizes the food web of Lake Ontario. At the top are piscivorous fish like salmon, trout, and bass that eat other fish. Below them are forage fish like whitefish and perch that eat zooplankton, macroinvertebrates, and mussels. Lowest on the food web are algae and bacteria that produce energy feeding zooplankton, invertebrates, and eventually fish. Invasive species like sea lamprey, zebra mussels, and spiny waterfleas have disrupted the historic Lake Ontario food web.
- Author
- Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
- Language
- EN