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Monitoring to Assess Trophic Interactions between Alewife, Zooplankton, and Cyanobacteria | Nancy Leland

Monitoring to Assess Trophic Interactions between Alewife, Zooplankton, and Cyanobacteria – an online presentation on March 23, 2021 given by Nancy Leland of Lim-Tex.

2021 Mini-Conference Webpage

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Nancy Leland at LinkedIn

Abstract

An ongoing evaluation of the trophic interactions between juvenile alewife and the plankton has revealed recurring changes to the structure of the zooplankton and cyanobacterial populations increasing exposure to cyanotoxins. Alewife feeding strategy included the consumption of cyanobacteria resulting in the bioaccumulation of microcystin (MC), anatoxin-a (ATX), and B-methyl-l-alanine (BMAA) in their muscle tissue.