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Zooplankton, Benthos, Mysis, and fish diet data from northern Lake Huron in 2012

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2012-04-01
End Date
2012-10-03

Citation

Dieter, P.M, and Bunnell, D.B., 2021, Zooplankton, Benthos, Mysis, and fish diet data from northern Lake Huron in 2012: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9LFPAMF.

Summary

These data consist of a multi-trophic, day vs. night, nearshore to offshore transect approach for data collection for this Cooperative Science and Monitoring Initiative effort at two northwestern Lake Huron sites near Hammond Bay and Thunder Bay, Michigan. Zooplankton and Mysis samples were collected monthly from April-October while benthos and prey fish samples were collected seasonally during Spring, Summer, and Fall. Invertebrate taxa (zooplankton, Mysis, benthic macroinvertebrates) were identified, enumerated, and measured using a dissecting microscope. Diet items of the prey fish were processed similarly to the other samples in terms of taxonomy. These data were used to calculate densities of fish prey items and compare that to [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
David Bunnell
Process Contact :
David Bunnell, Patricia M Dieter
Originator :
Patricia M Dieter, David Bunnell
Metadata Contact :
Patricia M Dieter
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Great Lakes Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems

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Lake_Huron_2012_biological_metadata-20211216.xml
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		88.88 KB application/fgdc+xml
Mysis.csv 81.72 KB text/csv
Fish_Diet_Bloater_Smelt.csv 1.6 MB text/csv
ITIS_codes.csv 2.54 KB text/csv
Benthos.csv 1.14 MB text/csv
Zooplankton.csv 1.2 MB text/csv

Purpose

These data were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Great Lakes Science Center (GLSC) or National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as part of a collaborative effort for the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Cooperative Science and Monitoring Initiative (CSMI). This effort intensively samples one of the Great Lakes every five years. The types samples collected depends on the science priorities at that time, but it usually involves a food web component. During 2012, Lake Huron was intensively sampled. These data are intended for use by Lake Huron fisheries managers, academia, the fishing industry, and the public. Data can be used to estimate numeric density or biomass of invertebrates and calculate diet proportion of prey fishes, among other calculations.

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P9LFPAMF

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