Invertebrates in great lakes marshes

Matthew J. Cooper; Donald G. Uzarski

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-24978-0_9

Invertebrates in great lakes marshes

Matthew J. Cooper, Donald G. Uzarski

Biology

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Abstract

Marshes of the Laurentian Great Lakes are important habitats for fish, amphibians, reptiles, wading birds, and waterfowl, which all utilize invertebrates for food. Surveys have identified over 300 macroinvertebrate genera in Great Lakes marshes with insects and crustaceans being particularly well represented. Despite this diversity, a small subset of taxa tend to be numerically dominant. For example, the ten most abundant taxa represented 61 % of the organisms collected in a survey of 319 marshes. Conservation efforts are currently focused on protecting and restoring Great Lakes marshes, and invertebrate assemblage structure is being used as a key indicator of marsh health.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Invertebrates in Freshwater Wetlands
Subtitle of host publication	An International Perspective on Their Ecology
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	287-320
Number of pages	34
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319249780
ISBN (Print)	9783319249766
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24978-0_9
State	Published - Jan 1 2016

Keywords

Coastal wetland
Great lakes coastal wetlands consortium
Hydrogeomorphic wetland type
Laurentian great lakes
Water-level fluctuation

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