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. 2014 Dec 9;9(12):e114926. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114926

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)