Lake Erie Center
: Research Publications

Elkington, B.S., C.M. Mayer, and T.B. Bridgeman.  In Review. The effects of algal and sediment turbidity on zooplankton consumption by young of year yellow perch (Perca flavescens).  In Review at Transactions of the American Fisheries Society.

Cecala, R.K., C.M. Mayer, K.L. Schulz, and E.L. Mills.  In Review.  Increased benthic algal primary production in response to the invasive zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) in a productive ecosystem, Oneida Lake, NY.  In Review at Journal of Integrated Plant Biology, Special Addition on Global Change. 

Zhu, B., C.M. Mayer, L.G. Rudstam, E.L. Mills, and M.E. Ritchie.  2008.  A comparison of irradiance and phosphorus effects on the growth of three submerged macrophytes.  Aquatic Botany 88:358-362.

Lohner, R.N., Von Sigler, C.M. Mayer, and C. Balogh.  A Comparison of of the Benthic Bacterial Communities Within and Surrounding Dreissena Clusters in Lakes.  Microbial Ecology 54:469-477.

Qin, P., C.M. Mayer, K.L. Schulz, X. Ji, and M.E. Ritchie.  2007.  Ecological stoichiometry in benthic food webs: Effect of light and nutrients on periphyton food quantity and quality in lakes.  Limnology and Oceanography 52(4):1728-1734.

Zhu, B., C.M. Mayer, S.A. Heckathorn, and L.G. Rudstam.  2007.  Can Dreissenid Attachment and Biodeposition Affect Submerged Macrophyte Growth?  Journal of Aquatic Plant Management 45:71-76.

Zhu, B., D.G. Fitzgerald, S.B. Hoskins, L.G. Rudstam, C.M. Mayer, and E.L. Mills. 2007.  Quantification of Historical Changes of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Cover in Two Bays of Lake Ontario with Three Complementary Methods.  Journal of Great Lakes Research 33:122-135.

Zhu, B., D.G. Fitzgerald, C.M. Mayer, L.G. Rudstam, and E.L. Mills.  2006.  Alteration of Ecosystem Function by Zebra Mussels in Oneida Lake: Impacts of Sbmerged Macrophytes.  Ecosystems 9:1017-1028.

Mayer, C.M., L.G.. Rudstam, E. Mills, S. Cardiff, and C. Bloom.  2001.  Zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha), habitat alteration, and yellow perch (Perca flavecens) foraging: system-wide effects and behaviroural mechanisms.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 58:2459-2467.

Mayer, C.M., A. VanDeValk, J. Forney, L.G. Rudstam, and E. Mills.  2000.  Response of yellow perch (Perca flavescens) in Oneida Lake, New York, to the establishment of zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 57:742-754.

Mayer, C.M. and D. Wahl.  1997.  The relationship between prey selectivity and growth and survival in larval fish.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 54:1504-1512.