Hypophthalmichthys nobilis (Richardson 1845)

“Freedman et al. (2012) showed that resource use and trophic levels of the fish community change when Asian carps are present. They also demonstrated an impact on Bigmouth Buffalo and found isotopic values similar to Bluegill, Gizzard Shad, and Emerald Shiner.”; “Irons et al. (2007) showed significant declines in body condition of Gizzard Shad and Bigmouth Buffalo following invasion by Silver and Bighead carps.\"

“Asian carps have been shown to affect zooplankton communities (Burke et al. 1986, Lu et al. 2002, Cooke et al 2009; Calkins et al. 2012; Freedman et al. 2012; Sass et al. 2014).”

“In lentic systems, bighead and silver carp have been observed to reduce total zooplankton abundances and particularly those of larger-bodied zooplankters, such as cladocerans and copepods (Fukushima et al., 1999; Shao et al., 2001; Stone et al., 2000; Yang et al., 1999).”; \"Within the lower Illinois River, for example, total zooplankton abundances have declined after Asian carp establishment (Sass et al., 2014)\".