Size structure and species composition of plankton communities in deep Ontario lakes with and without Mysis relicta and planktivorous fish

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 315-325

  Almond, M Jane R ^a   Bentzen, Ellen ^b   Taylor, William D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; CLUPEA HARENGUS; COREGONUS ARTEDI; DAPHNIA; MYSIS RELICTA; PISCES; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH; CLADOCERA; COREGONUS ARTEDII; MYSIDACEA;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PLANKTON COMMUNITY;

CANADA, ONTARIO, HUNTSVILLE-BANCROFT REGION; NORTH AMERICA, GREAT LAKES, LAKE ONTARIO;

EID: 0030456877     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f95-184     Document Type: Article

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