Estimation of zooplankton mean length for use in an index of fish community structure and its application to Lake Erie

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 179-186

  Johannsson, Ora E ^a   Dumitru, Cristina ^a   Graham, Donna M ^a  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fish community health; Lake Erie; Mean length; Planktivory index; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE ERIE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0032964326     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(99)70726-4     Document Type: Article

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