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| | NYSDEC - Fish Community Objectives for Lake Ontario - 2003 Update (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) |
 | | An abundance of zebra and quagga mussels, invasive species first recorded in Lake Ontario in the late 1989 and 1991, respectively, in the nearshore zone has altered or eliminated habitat for small, native organisms that live on the lake bottom in shallow water. |
 | | Round gobies, also from Eurasia, were first recorded in Ontario waters of Lake Ontario in 1998, the Bay of Quinte in 1999, and in New York waters of Lake Ontario in 2001. |
 | | Reduced nutrients in Lake Ontario, the diversion of energy flow in food webs to invasive species (primarily zebra and quagga mussels, which are not eaten by prey fish), and predation by trout and salmon, are causing stress in prey fish populations. |
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