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babymother [125]
3 years ago
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Aquatic ecologist david strayer of the institute of ecosystem studies and a team of researchers from new york state's department

of ecological conservation (dec) took an in-depth look at populations in the hudson river, which zebra mussels had invaded in 1991. using data from before and after the zebra mussel invasion, strayer and his team observed different trends in plankton and invertebrate populations in the river's open water versus the shallow water in the littoral zone near the shore. there is a scheme representing a riverbank and water near it. in water there is a horizontal line dividing it into open water zone and deep water zone. open water zone area which is closer to the riverbank and where there is no deep water zone is labeled littoral zone. in the open water, zooplankton and invertebrate populations declined by 70% after the zebra mussel invasion. in the littoral zone, bottom-dwelling invertebrate populations increased after the zebra mussel invasion. this was likely due to the mussel shells providing habitat structure and hiding places for these creatures on the river bottom, and also because the feces of zebra mussels enriched the river bottom with nutrients. also, the improved water clarity that results from mussel feeding enables more light to reach the bottom. this promotes the growth of underwater plants, which provide food and shelter for littoral invertebrates. these contrasting trends in the open deep water and the shallows of the littoral zone led strayer's team to propose hypotheses and predictions about fish populations in the hudson. drag the labels to illustrate these steps of the scientific process. labels may be used more than once.
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Sedaia [141]3 years ago
5 0
In communities where zebra mussels have invaded we observed that the population of invertebrates, zooplankton, and phytoplankton they will decrease when in open water. The population of bottom-dwelling invertebrates which are in the littoral zone will increase.
Hypothesis shows the zebra mussels will affect the fish negatively that feed on plankton in the open water but affect positively the fish which feed on invertebrates which are in the littoral zones.
The predictions by following the invasion of zebra muscles show that the number and growth rate of fish species in open water will decrease in population whereas the number and growth rate of fish species in the littoral zone will increase in population.
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