Can filter‐feeding Asian carp invade the Laurentian Great Lakes? A bioenergetic modelling exercise

Summary 1. There is much concern that filter‐feeding Asian carp will invade the Laurentian Great Lakes and deplete crucial plankton resources. We developed bioenergetic models, using parameters from Asian carp and other fish species, to explore the possibility that planktonic food resources are insufficient to support the growth of silver carp ( Hypophthalmichthys molitrix ) and bighead carp ( H. nobilis ) in the Great Lakes. 2. The models...