St. Clair River - Water Habitat

Water Habitat

The aquatic habitat of the St. Clair River ranges from deep and fast near the Blue Water Bridge to shallow and slow in the lower river near its discharge point into Lake St. Clair.

Each area provides a unique habitat for aquatic life:

  • macrophytes (visible marine plants),
  • benthic macroinvertebrates (organisms that live at the bottom of a lake or stream),
  • phytoplankton and zooplankton (floating plants and animals),
  • emergent vegetation (plants seen above the water surface),
  • fish (from minnows to large sport fish).

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