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Taxonomic study of rare non-native zooplankton species Cyclops strenuus results in reclassification of earlier identifications of this species in the Great Lakes

EPA GLNPO Great Lakes Biology Monitoring Program cooperators at Cornell University reexamined zooplankton specimens identified as Cyclops strenuus from the St Marys River and from western Lake Erie. Their study reclassifies C. strenuus as two different non-native zooplankton species and resolves a long-standing debate regarding the identity of these rare Cyclops specimens in the Great Lakes.

August 4, 2022