Patterns in invertebrate and periphyton size distributions from navigation buoys in the St. Lawrence River

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 394, Issue , 1999, Pages 83-91

  Mercier, Vincent ^a   Vis, Chantal ^b   Morin, Antoine ^a   Hudon, Christiane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Invertebrates; Periphyton; River; Size distribution; Total phosphorous

Indexed keywords

INVERTEBRATE; PERIPHYTON; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CANADA;

EID: 0032772932     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003561404813     Document Type: Article

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