Planktonic green algae in western Lake Erie: The importance of temporal scale in the interpretation of change

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 419-425

  Nicholls, Ken H ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; COMMUNITY CHANGE; INTRODUCED BIVALVE; POPULATION DENSITY; TEMPORAL SCALE; ZEBRA MUSSEL;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE ERIE; NORTH AMERICA;

ALGAE; BIVALVIA; CHLOROPHYCEAE; CHLOROPHYTA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; LAURENTIA;

EID: 0030715042     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1997.00247.x     Document Type: Review

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