Changes in phytoplankton size-class abundance and species composition coinciding with changes in water chemistry and zooplankton community structure of Lake Michigan, 1983 to 1992

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 637-657

  Makarewicz, Joseph C ^a   Bertram, Paul ^b   Lewis, Theodore W ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food web; Lake Michigan; Phytoplankton; Trophic interactions; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WATER CHEMISTRY; ZOOPLANKTON;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ANACYSTIS; APHANOTHECE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CHROMULINA; CLADOCERA; CYANOBACTERIA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA GALEATA; DAPHNIA GALEATA MENDOTAE; DIAPTOMUS ASHLANDI; DIAPTOMUS MINUTUS; DIAPTOMUS SICILIS; LEPTODIAPTOMUS ASHLANDI; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); OCHROMONAS; UNCULTURED CYANOBACTERIUM;

EID: 0031739589     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(98)70851-2     Document Type: Article

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