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dc.contributor.authorBosch, Isidro
dc.contributor.authorShuskey, Todd
dc.contributor.authorCollins, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Alyssa
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-07T20:58:06Z
dc.date.available2021-09-07T20:58:06Z
dc.date.issued2013-07-01
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/4316
dc.descriptionReport Submitted to The Livingston County Planning Department
dc.description.abstractThe goal of this study was to assess the status of the zebra mussel population (Family Dreissinidae, species Dreissena polymorpha) in Conesus Lake by sampling benthic adults and planktonic larvae during the summer reproductive season. Another invasive dreissinid bivalve, the quagga mussel, D. bugensis, has firmly established itself in some of the larger Finger Lakes, including Seneca and Canandaigua Lake. Therefore a second goal of this study was to determine if quagga mussels had invaded Conesus Lake. In this report we provide data on population numbers and size distribution of adult zebra mussels and describe temporal patterns of larval density and cohort development. Water quality data for are also provided for a deep-water station where larvae were sampled. Our observations indicate that, while populations of adult mussels have declined by about 20% since the year 2000, adult densities and the supply of larvae are still moderately high and the species seems to be well established in Conesus Lake.
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subjectTechnical Report
dc.subjectZebra Mussels
dc.subjectDreissena Polymorpha
dc.subjectQuagga Mussels
dc.subjectConesus Lake
dc.subjectSUNY Geneseo
dc.titleStudies of Adult and Larval Zebra Mussel Populations in Conesus Lake, NY
dc.typearticle
refterms.dateFOA2021-09-07T20:58:06Z
dc.description.institutionSUNY Brockport
dc.source.statuspublished
dc.description.publicationtitleTechnical Reports (Water Resources)
dc.contributor.organizationSUNY Geneseo


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