Long-term response of the biotic community to fluctuating water levels and changes in water quality in Cootes Paradise Marsh, a degraded coastal wetland of Lake Ontario

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-42

  Chow Fraser, P ^a   Lougheed, V ^a   Le Thiec, V ^a,b   Crosbie, Barb ^a   Simser, L ^c   Lord, J ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AQUASCOP   (France)

^c Royal Botanical Gardens   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carp; Hamilton harbour; Laurentian Great Lakes; Macro invertebrates; Macrophytes; Plankton; Water level; Wetland restoration

Indexed keywords

BIOTA; COASTAL WETLAND; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; PLANKTON; WATER LEVEL; WATER QUALITY;

CANADA;

EID: 0032311384     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008491520668     Document Type: Article

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