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Article: Eurasian ruffe may increase pressure on Lake Michigan yellow perch.
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- Life Science Weekly
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- January 27, 2003
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2003 JAN 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Eurasian ruffe, an invasive fish whose numbers have multiplied dramatically in Lake Superior, have now been spotted in northern parts of Lake Michigan, researchers report.
The good news is that round gobies, which are already abundant in Lake Michigan, may keep ruffe numbers down. The bad news is that Eurasian ruffe will nonetheless deplete resources for yellow perch, an important native sport fish.
With funding from Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant, Gary Lamberti, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, and Martin Berg of Loyola University, Illinois, have been studying the relationship among Eurasian ruffe, round ...