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Photo 1. Marine technician Kathryn Johncock is collecting a benthic sample from Lake Ontario using Ponar bottom grab aboard of U.S. EPA Research Vessel Lake Guardian during 2018 benthic survey. Photo credit: A. Karatayev. Photo 2. Benthic samples are elutriated aboard and washed through a 500-μm net by Chris Korleski (U.S. EPA Great Lakes National Program Office, on left) and Alexander Karatayev (SUNY Buffalo State, on right). Photo credit: L. Burlakova. Photo 3. Exotic byssate bivalves quagga mussels were found in almost every benthic sample collected from Lake Ontario in 2018. Photo credit: A. Karatayev. Photo 4. Lake Ontario shoreline scattered with wind turbines. Photo credit: L. Burlakova. Photo 5. Lake Guardian is moving to the next station. Photo credit: L. Burlakova. These photographs illustrate the article “Density data for Lake Ontario benthic invertebrate assemblages from 1964 to 2018” by Burlakova, L. E., A. Y. Karatayev, A. R. Hrycik, S. E. Daniel, K. Mehler, L. G. Rudstam, J. M. Watkins, R. Dermott, J. Scharold, A. K. Elgin, T. F. Nalepa, E. K. Hinchey, and S. J. Lozano published in Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3528.

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