A reference inventory for aquatic fauna of the Laurentian Great Lakes.

ABSTRACT: The Laurentian Great Lakes encompass an expansive and diverse set of freshwater ecosystems that contain a concordantly large and diverse vertebrate and invertebrate fauna. Although numerous publications exist concerning the composition and distribution of this fauna, there is at present no single readily available resource that brings all this information together. Here, we present and describe the compilation process for a comprehensive Great Lakes aquatic fauna inventory covering fishes, reptiles, amphibians, zooplankton, mollusks, annelids, insects, mites, and various other aquatic invertebrates. Inventory entries were developed via an extensive search of literature and internet sources and are attributed with detailed nomenclature information, general lake and habitat occurrences, and

SUBMITTER: Trebitz A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8318194 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature