The Michig… Editing (section) Lake Erie 0 You are not logged in. The rich text editor does not work with JavaScript switched off. Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h2>Environment</h2> <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-filler="true"></p><h3>Weather</h3> <p data-rte-fromparser="true">Like the other Great Lakes, Erie produces <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22lake%20effect%20snow%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22lake%20effect%20snow%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Blake%20effect%20snow%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="632-4019528565ed88b50e1202" class="new" title="Lake effect snow (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTGFrZV9lZmZlY3Rfc25vdz9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">lake effect snow</a> when the first cold winds of winter pass over the warm waters. The lake effect ends or its effect is reduced, however, when the lake freezes over. Being the shallowest of the Great Lakes, it is the most likely to freeze and frequently does.<span data-rte-instance="632-4019528565ed88b50e1202" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%20name%3DStraight%20Dope%5C%22%3E%5Bhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.straightdope.com%5C%2Fmailbag%5C%2Fmlakeeffectsnow.html%20What%27s%20the%20physics%20behind%20%5C%22lake%20effect%20snow%5C%22%3F%5D.%20%27%27the%20Straight%20Dope%20Science%20Advisory%20Board.%27%27%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-Straight_0-0" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-Straight_0-0 class=reference"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%22632-4019528565ed88b50e1202%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255B%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ726c130b2ac6d0bd-nowiki-00000001-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E1%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%22632-4019528565ed88b50e1202%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255D%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ726c130b2ac6d0bd-nowiki-00000002-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%23cite_note-Straight-0%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B%23cite_note-Straight-0%7C%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2228%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E1%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2229%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="632-4019528565ed88b50e1202" href="#cite_note-Straight-0"><span data-rte-instance="632-4019528565ed88b50e1202" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>1<span data-rte-instance="632-4019528565ed88b50e1202" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> Due to the position of Lake Erie in relation to Michigan, lake effect snow generated by this lake rarely falls in Michigan. An anticyclonic wind blowing from the east can generate snowfall on the shores of Monroe County, but this is uncommon. </p> <h3 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Water quality</h3> <p data-rte-fromparser="true">Lake Erie infamously became very polluted in the 1960s and 1970s. The water quality deteriorated due to increasing levels of the nutrient phosphorus in both the water and lake bottom sediments. The resultant high nitrogen levels in the water caused <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22eutrophication%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22eutrophication%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Beutrophication%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="632-4019528565ed88b50e1202" class="new" title="Eutrophication (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvRXV0cm9waGljYXRpb24/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">eutrophication</a>, which resulted in <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22algal%20bloom%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22algal%20bloom%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Balgal%20bloom%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="632-4019528565ed88b50e1202" class="new" title="Algal bloom (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvQWxnYWxfYmxvb20/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">algal blooms</a>. Algae masses and fish kills increasingly fouled the shoreline during this period, but a 1969 Time magazine article about a fire on the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Cuyahoga%20River%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Cuyahoga%20River%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BCuyahoga%20River%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="632-4019528565ed88b50e1202" class="new" title="Cuyahoga River (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvQ3V5YWhvZ2FfUml2ZXI/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Cuyahoga River</a>, a <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22tributary%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22tributary%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Btributary%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="632-4019528565ed88b50e1202" class="new" title="Tributary (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvVHJpYnV0YXJ5P2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">tributary</a> feeding the lake at Cleveland so embarrassed officials that the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22United%20States%20Congress%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22United%20States%20Congress%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BUnited%20States%20Congress%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="632-4019528565ed88b50e1202" class="new" title="United States Congress (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvVW5pdGVkX1N0YXRlc19Db25ncmVzcz9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">United States Congress</a> quickly passed the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Clean%20Water%20Act%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Clean%20Water%20Act%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BClean%20Water%20Act%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="632-4019528565ed88b50e1202" class="new" title="Clean Water Act (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvQ2xlYW5fV2F0ZXJfQWN0P2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">Clean Water Act</a> of 1972.<span data-rte-instance="632-4019528565ed88b50e1202" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3EAshworth%20%281987%29%2C%20pp.%20143-44.%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-1 class=reference"><a 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The lake has since become clean enough to allow sunlight to infiltrate its water and produce algae and sea weed, but a dead zone persists in the central Lake Erie Basin during the late summer. The <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22United%20States%20Environmental%20Protection%20Agency%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22United%20States%20Environmental%20Protection%20Agency%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BUnited%20States%20Environmental%20Protection%20Agency%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="632-4019528565ed88b50e1202" class="new" title="United States Environmental Protection Agency (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvVW5pdGVkX1N0YXRlc19FbnZpcm9ubWVudGFsX1Byb3RlY3Rpb25fQWdlbmN5P2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">United States Environmental Protection Agency</a> is currently studying this cyclic phenomenon.<span data-rte-instance="632-4019528565ed88b50e1202" 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data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%22632-4019528565ed88b50e1202%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255B%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ726c130b2ac6d0bd-nowiki-0000000A-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E4%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%22632-4019528565ed88b50e1202%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255D%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ726c130b2ac6d0bd-nowiki-0000000B-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%23cite_note-3%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B%23cite_note-3%7C%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2246%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E4%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2247%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="632-4019528565ed88b50e1202" href="#cite_note-3"><span data-rte-instance="632-4019528565ed88b50e1202" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>4<span data-rte-instance="632-4019528565ed88b50e1202" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> </p> <h3 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Species</h3> <p data-rte-fromparser="true">The lake consists of a long list of well established introduced species. Common non-indigenous fish species include the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22rainbow%20smelt%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22rainbow%20smelt%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Brainbow%20smelt%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="632-4019528565ed88b50e1202" class="new" title="Rainbow smelt (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvUmFpbmJvd19zbWVsdD9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">rainbow smelt</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22alewife%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22alewife%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Balewife%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="632-4019528565ed88b50e1202" class="new" title="Alewife (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvQWxld2lmZT9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">alewife</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22white%20perch%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22white%20perch%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bwhite%20perch%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="632-4019528565ed88b50e1202" class="new" title="White perch (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvV2hpdGVfcGVyY2g/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">white perch</a> and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22common%20carp%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22common%20carp%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bcommon%20carp%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="632-4019528565ed88b50e1202" class="new" title="Common carp (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvQ29tbW9uX2NhcnA/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">common carp</a>. Non-native sport fish such as <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22rainbow%20trout%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22rainbow%20trout%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Brainbow%20trout%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="632-4019528565ed88b50e1202" class="new" title="Rainbow trout (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvUmFpbmJvd190cm91dD9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">rainbow trout</a> and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22brown%20trout%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22brown%20trout%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bbrown%20trout%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="632-4019528565ed88b50e1202" class="new" title="Brown trout (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvQnJvd25fdHJvdXQ/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">brown trout</a> are stocked specifically for anglers to catch. Attempts failed to stock <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22coho%20salmon%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Coho%20Salmon%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BCoho%20Salmon%7Ccoho%20salmon%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="632-4019528565ed88b50e1202" class="new" title="Coho Salmon (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvQ29ob19TYWxtb24/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">coho salmon</a> and its numbers are once again dwindling. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">The lake has recently been plagued with a number of <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22invasive%20species%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22invasive%20species%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Binvasive%20species%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="632-4019528565ed88b50e1202" class="new" title="Invasive species (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvSW52YXNpdmVfc3BlY2llcz9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">invasive species</a>, including <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Zebra%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22zebra%20mussel%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bzebra%20mussel%7CZebra%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="632-4019528565ed88b50e1202" class="new" title="Zebra mussel (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvWmVicmFfbXVzc2VsP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">Zebra</a> and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22quagga%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Quagga%20mussel%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BQuagga%20mussel%7Cquagga%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="632-4019528565ed88b50e1202" class="new" title="Quagga mussel (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvUXVhZ2dhX211c3NlbD9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">quagga</a> <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22mussel%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22mussel%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bmussel%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="632-4019528565ed88b50e1202" class="new" title="Mussel (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTXVzc2VsP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">mussels</a>, the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22goby%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Round%20Goby%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BRound%20Goby%7Cgoby%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="632-4019528565ed88b50e1202" class="new" title="Round Goby (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvUm91bmRfR29ieT9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">goby</a> and the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22grass%20carp%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22grass%20carp%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bgrass%20carp%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="632-4019528565ed88b50e1202" class="new" title="Grass carp (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvR3Jhc3NfY2FycD9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">grass carp</a>. Zebra mussels and gobies have been credited with the increased population and size of <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22smallmouth%20bass%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22smallmouth%20bass%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bsmallmouth%20bass%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="632-4019528565ed88b50e1202" class="new" title="Smallmouth bass (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvU21hbGxtb3V0aF9iYXNzP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">smallmouth bass</a> in Lake Erie.<span data-rte-instance="632-4019528565ed88b50e1202" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3E%5Bhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fsports.espn.go.com%5C%2Foutdoors%5C%2Fbassmaster%5C%2Fnews%5C%2Fstory%3Fpage%3Dtourn_03_north_open_NY_erie_preview%20ESPN%20-%202003%5C%2F04%20New%20York%20Northern%20Open%3A%20Smallmouth%20haven%20Erie%20to%20host%20Northern%20anglers%5D%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-4" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-4 class=reference"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%22632-4019528565ed88b50e1202%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255B%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ726c130b2ac6d0bd-nowiki-0000000D-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E5%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%22632-4019528565ed88b50e1202%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255D%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ726c130b2ac6d0bd-nowiki-0000000E-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%23cite_note-4%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B%23cite_note-4%7C%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2252%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E5%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2253%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="632-4019528565ed88b50e1202" href="#cite_note-4"><span data-rte-instance="632-4019528565ed88b50e1202" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>5<span data-rte-instance="632-4019528565ed88b50e1202" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> </p> <br /><strong data-rte-washtml="1" class="error" data-rte-attribs=" class=error">Cite error: <code data-rte-washtml="1"><ref></code> tags exist, but no <code data-rte-washtml="1"><references/></code> tag was found</strong><p /> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key michigan:rte-parser-cache:1750 --> Loading editor Below are some commonly used wiki markup codes. 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