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Great Lakes Water Life Photo GalleryRotifersHexarthridae |
Class
Monogononta-Order Flosculariacea
Family Hexarthridae
| Image Link | Scientific Name | Lake Superior* | Lake Michigan | Lake Huron |
Lake Erie | Lake Ontario | Habitat |
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Hexarthra mira | x | Spring through fall with peak in the summer. Common in lake St. Clair but not pelagic in the other Great Lakes. | ||||
| Hexarthra intermedia | Not reported for Great Lakes but has been reported for lakes in northeast Michigan. |
Based on: A Guide to the Rotifers of the Laurentian Great
Lakes. RS Stemberger. 1979. U.S. EPA. EPA-600.
with additions from:
A
Lakewide Comparison of Zooplankton Biomass and Its Species Composition
in Lake Erie, 1983-87. Makarewicz, Joseph C.J. Great Lakes Res. 19(2):275-290.
1993.A
Decade of Predatory Control of Zooplankton Species Composition of Lake
Michigan. Makarewicz, Joseph C., Bertram, Paul, Lewis, Theodore, and
Brown, Jr., Edward H. J. Great Lakes Res. 21(4):620-640. 1995.Feasibility
of Shoreside Monitoring of the Great Lakes. Makarewicz, Joseph C. J.
Great Lakes Res. 17(3):344-360. 1991.Lake
Huron Rotifer and Crustacean Zooplankton, APRIL-JULY, 1980. Evans,
Marlene S. J. Great Lakes Res. 12(4):281-292. 1986.Seasonal
Abundance of Planktonic Rotifers in a Nearshore Area of Central Lake
Michigan. Duffy, Walter G., and Liston, Charles R. J. Great Lakes Res.
4(1):46-49. 1978.*None of the consulted references included information on Lake Superior rotifers.
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