Predictions on the effect of common carp (Cyprinus carpio) exclusion on water quality, zooplankton, and submergent macrophytes in a Great Lakes wetland

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1189-1197

  Lougheed, Vanessa L ^a   Crosbie, Barb ^a   Chow Fraser, Patricia ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; FISH; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND; ZOOPLANKTON;

CANADA; COOTES PARADISE MARSH; GREAT LAKES;

CYPRINUS CARPIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031796090     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f97-315     Document Type: Article

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