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Definition of round goby in US English: round gobynoun A Eurasian freshwater goby that threatens native species of fish in the Great Lakes and Mississippi basin. Neogobius melanostomus, family Gobiidae Example sentencesExamples - Few Great Lakes bird or fish species eat zebras directly, but another Eurasian invader, the round goby, gobbles them up.
- Warming of the Great Lakes is likely to cause a seasonal decline in algae, an important food source for fish, and could make the lakes more hospitable to invasive exotic species such as round gobies.
- One theory is that zebra mussels and another invasive species, round gobies, may spread contaminants up the food chain.
- In Lake Erie, USA, smallmouth bass vigorously defended their nests from benthic round gobies.
- As it often eats bivalves that filter the water, the round goby is a vector for bioaccumulation of many contaminants.
Definition of round goby in US English: round gobynoun A Eurasian freshwater goby that threatens native species of fish in the Great Lakes and Mississippi basin. Neogobius melanostomus, family Gobiidae Example sentencesExamples - Few Great Lakes bird or fish species eat zebras directly, but another Eurasian invader, the round goby, gobbles them up.
- One theory is that zebra mussels and another invasive species, round gobies, may spread contaminants up the food chain.
- As it often eats bivalves that filter the water, the round goby is a vector for bioaccumulation of many contaminants.
- Warming of the Great Lakes is likely to cause a seasonal decline in algae, an important food source for fish, and could make the lakes more hospitable to invasive exotic species such as round gobies.
- In Lake Erie, USA, smallmouth bass vigorously defended their nests from benthic round gobies.
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