Cercopagis Invasion of Lake Michigan: Predictable Responses or 'Invasional Meltdown' of the Planktonic Food Web?

Like the spiny waterflea Bythotrephes cederstroemii before it, the   invasion of Lake Michigan by the fishhook waterflea Cercopagis   pengoi is of great concern because it is a predatory zooplankton   that competes with larval yellow perch and alewives for food. This   new invasion offers an important opportunity to test the   predictability of how Great Lakes ecosystems respond to repeated   invasions by ecologically similar planktonic species, and this new  project will examine Lake Michigan's ability to absorb this new   invader by documenting the dynamics of competing predatory   zooplankton populations. This work addresses a cross-cutting AIS and   Fisheries priority of evaluating the effects of invasive species on   Great Lakes food webs as well as an Ecosystems and Habitats priority   of evaluating the importance of invertebrate species to planktonic   food webs.    (Lake Michigan); (fishhook waterflea); (Cercopagis pengoi); (AIS);   (aquatic invasive species); (ANS); (aquatic nuisance species);   (zooplankton); (plankton); (invertebrate); (invertebrates)