Conditions for the return and simulation of the recovery of burrowing mayflies in western Lake Erie

Ecological Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 665-676

  Kolar, Cynthia S ^a,b   Hudson, Patrick L ^b   Savino, Jacqueline F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chironomus; Competition; Contaminants; Dissolved oxygen; Ecosystem recovery; Hexagenia; Lake Erie; Macroinvertebrates; Predation; Recolonization; Simulation model

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAGENIA; HEXAGENIA LIMBATA; SCAPPHODONTA; CHIRONOMUS; EPHEMERIDAE; HEXAGENIA RIGIDA;

IMMIGRATION; MAYFLY; RECOLONIZATION; SPECIES RECOVERY;

CANADA, ONTARIO, LAKE ERIE; USA, GREAT LAKES, LAKE ERIE;

EID: 0030613874     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1997)007[0665:CFTRAS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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