Table 2. Numbers and wet weight of all attached dreissenids (>2 mm in size) and separately by species (Dreissena polymorpha and D. rostriformis bugensis) per infested host unionid (mean ± standard error, median, lower and upper quartiles, sample size) in studied lakes in 2011–2012.
Parameter | Lake St. Clair | Lake Erie | Lake Ontario |
Number attached dreissenids: | |||
mean ± standard error (sample size) | 12.6±1.1 (133) | 10.0±0.9 (499) | 7.9±0.9 (372) |
range | 1–56 | 1–196 | 1–151 |
median (Q25–Q75) | 8 (2–20) | 3 (1–8) | 2 (1–5) |
Number D. polymorpha per host unionid: | |||
mean ± standard error (sample size) | 8.8±0.8 (133) | 7.4±0.56 (499) | 4.5±0.5 (298) |
median (Q25–Q75) | 6 (1–13) | 3 (1–7) | 1 (1–4) |
Number D. r. bugensis per host unionid: | |||
mean ± standard error (sample size) | 3.8±0.5 (133) | 2.6±0.5 (499) | 3.4±0.7 (299) |
median (Q25–Q75) | 2 (1–6) | 0 | 0 |
Wet weight of D. polymorphaper host unionid (g): | |||
mean ± standard error (sample size) | 7.65±0.69 (133) | 2.21±0.33 (499) | 3.68±0.40 (298) |
median (Q25–Q75) | 5.0 (1–10.2) | 0.5 (0.2–1.4) | 1.0 (0.4–3.0) |
Wet weight of D. r. bugensisper host unionid (g): | |||
mean ± standard error (sample size) | 2.44±0.31 (133) | 0.35±0.13 (499) | 1.34±0.29 (296) |
median (Q25–Q75) | 0.9 (0–3.3) | 0 | 0 (0–0.2) |
Proportion D. polymorpha wetweight of total dreissenid weight(per host unionid): | |||
mean ± standard error (sample size) | 0.80±0.02 (133) | 0.93±0.01 (499) | 0.87±0.02 (298) |
median (Q25–Q75) | 0.9 (0.7–1.0) | 1.0 (1.0–1.0) | 1.0 (0.9–1.0) |