Additional Great Lakes Water Life Resources

GLANSIS

• Go to the Great Lakes Aquatic Nonindigenous Species Information System

On-line Taxonomic Keys and Field Guides

Note: most of the following are links external to NOAA-GLERL

• Herps
  • Michigan Reptiles and Amphibians
• Fish
  • WI Fish ID app (Free download from Apple)
  • Great Lakes Fish Finder (Free download from Apple)
• Benthos
  • A Guide to the Freshwater Mollusks of the Laurentian Great Lakes with Special Emphasis on the Genus Pisidium (EPA)
  • Great Lakes Aquatic Insects
• Zooplankton
  • An Image-Based Key to the Zooplankton of North America (Requires Adobe Flash and/or Quicktime)
  • Great Lakes Copepods
  • Great Lakes Protozoa
• Algae
  • Algae Identification Field Guide (Environment Canada)
  • Key to Common Freshwater Algae

Taxonomic Databases

• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
• World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
• Fishbase
• Algaebase
• Catalogue of Life

Great Lakes Food Web Fact Sheets

• Lake Michigan Food Web
• Lake Huron Food Web
• Lake Superior Food Web
• Lake Ontario Food Web
• Lake Erie Food Web
• Lake St. Clair Food Web

Educational Resources

• Summary of Great Lakes water life