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The Bottom Fauna of Lake Huron
Author(s) -
Teter Harold E.
Publication year - 1960
Publication title -
transactions of the american fisheries society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1548-8659
pISSN - 0002-8487
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8659(1960)89[193:tbfolh]2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - midge , fauna , larva , waves and shallow water , deep water , biology , ecology , environmental science , oceanography , geology
The examination of 63 bottom samples, collected in Lake Huron in 1952 and 1956, revealed that Pontoporeia affinis was the dominant organism in both deep and shallow water. The next most abundant organisms in deep water were oligochaetes, fingernail clams, and midge larvae. Midge larvae were more numerous than either oligochaetes or fingernail clams in shallow water. The number of organisms per square meter was similar to that determined from a similar study on Lake Michigan.