Population models of burrowing mayfly recolonization in Western Lake Erie

Ecological Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1206-1212

  Madenjian, Charles P ^a   Schloesser, Don W ^a   Krieger, Kenneth A ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carrying capacity; Exponential growth; Hexagenia; Lake restoration; Logistic equation; Matrix population model; Mayflies; Population growth rate; Recolonization; Recovery

Indexed keywords

LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MAYFLY; POPULATION MODELING; RECOLONIZATION;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE ERIE; NORTH AMERICA;

EPHEMERIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAGENIA; HEXAGENIA LIMBATA; HEXAGENIA RIGIDA; PERCA FLAVESCENS;

EID: 0031735088     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1998)008[1206:PMOBMR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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