Concordance of taxonomic richness patterns across multiple assemblages in lakes of the northeastern United States

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 739-747

  Allen, Andrew P ^a,h   Whittier, Thomas R ^a   Kaufmann, Philip R ^b   Larsen, David P ^c   O'Connor, Raymond J ^d   Hughes, Robert M ^a   Stemberger, Richard S ^e   Dixit, Sushil S ^f   Brinkhurst, Ralph O ^g   Herlihy, Alan T ^b   Paulsen, Steven G ^c  

^a Dynamac International Inc   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^e DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^f QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g Aquatic Resources Center   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; SPECIES RICHNESS;

(NORTHEAST); UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032808512     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-56-5-739     Document Type: Article

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