Declines in benthic macroinvertebrate populations in southern Lake Michigan, 1980-1993

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2402-2413

  Nalepa, Thomas F ^a   Hartson, David J ^b   Fanslow, David L ^a   Lang, Gregory A ^a   Lozano, Stephen J ^c  

^a NOAA GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAKE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; POPULATION DECLINE; ZOOBENTHOS;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIPODA; BIVALVIA; DIPOREIA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; OLIGOCHAETA; SPHAERIIDAE;

EID: 0032408394     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f98-112     Document Type: Article

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