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    Opossum shrimp were introduced to a British Columbia lake in 1949 and later spread to a lake in the western US, altering the existing food web. By preying heavily on zooplankton, the shrimp caused algal blooms and within two years noticeably reduced the kokanee salmon population that relied on zooplankton for food. This collapse of the kokanee population in turn led to a decline in the number of bald eagles that depended on the salmon as a food source.

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    Opossum shrimp were introduced to a British Columbia lake in 1949 and later spread to a lake in the western US, altering the existing food web. By preying heavily on zooplankton, the shrimp caused algal blooms and within two years noticeably reduced the kokanee salmon population that relied on zooplankton for food. This collapse of the kokanee population in turn led to a decline in the number of bald eagles that depended on the salmon as a food source.

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    Shrimp Stocking, Salmon Collapse, and Eagle

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    Annisa Noor Insany
    Opossum shrimp were introduced to a British Columbia lake in 1949 and later spread to a lake in the western US, altering the existing food web. By preying heavily on zooplankton, the shrimp caused algal blooms and within two years noticeably reduced the kokanee salmon population that relied on zooplankton for food. This collapse of the kokanee population in turn led to a decline in the number of bald eagles that depended on the salmon as a food source.

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    Shrimp Stocking, Salmon Collapse, and Eagle Displacement

    Cascading interaction in the food web of a large aquatic ecosystem

    In 1949, Opossum shrimp were introduced experimentally into Kootenay Lake, British Columbia, to enhance rainbow troat. Increasing growth rate and size of kokanee salmon. The shrimp drifted downsteam, and in 1981 they appeared in Flathead Lake, in western US, and began to alter the exiting food web.

    Impact on zooplankton and phytoplankton


    Opposum Shrimp are voracious predators of zooplankton Zooplankton decrease, phytoplankton increase Algal blooms

    Impact on fish
    Within two years , Kokanee population was noticeably reduced. WHY ? Kokanee normally found nearer the surface in the top 30 m of water, feeding activities during the day Conversely, opposum spend the daylight on or near the bottom at depth below 30 m, and migrates at night to feed on zoo plankton

    Impact on birds and mammals


    Numbers of eagle decline precipitously concomitant with the demise of kokanee food resource

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