Round Goby (Neogobius melanostomus)
Articles from the Lab
Firth, B., Poesch, M.S., Koops, M., Power, M. and D.A.R. Drake. (2021) Diet overlap of common and at-risk riverine benthic fishes before and after Round Goby (Neogobius melanostomus) invasion. Biological Invasions 23(1): 1-14.
Schwalb, A.J., Cottenie, K., Poesch, M.S., and J. Ackerman (2011) Dispersal limitation in unionid mussels and implications for their recovery. Freshwater Biology 56: 1509-1518.
Schwalb, A.J., Poesch, M.S., and J. Ackerman (2011) Movement of logperch—the obligate host fish for endangered snuffbox mussels: implications for mussel dispersal. Aquatic Sciences 73: 223-231.
Poesch, M.S., Dextrase, A.J., Schwalb, A.N., and J. Ackerman (2010) Secondary invasion of the round goby into high diversity Great Lakes tributaries and species at risk hotspots: Potential new concerns for endangered freshwater species. Biological Invasions 12: 1269-1284.
Interactions between Round Goby and freshwater species
![Round Goby (Neogobius melanostomus)](https://poeschlab.ualberta.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/09/roundGoby.jpg)
![Round Goby (Neogobius melanostomus) interactions with native fauna](https://poeschlab.ualberta.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/09/GobyCascade.jpg)
![Endangered freshwater mussels](https://poeschlab.ualberta.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/09/P8200033.jpg)
![Common Logperch (Percina caprodes), host to endangered snuffbox mussel](https://poeschlab.ualberta.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/09/In-The-Field_Logperch-1.jpg)