Benthic macroinvertebrate communities in southwestern Lake Ontario following invasion of Dreissena: Continuing change

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 828-838

  Haynes, James M ^a   Stewart, Timothy W ^b,c   Cook, George E ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthos; Dreissena; Lake Ontario; Temporal change

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; ZOOBENTHOS;

GREAT LAKES(LAKE ONTARIO); NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; DABOECIA; DREISSENA; DREISSENIDAE; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033508778     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(99)70780-X     Document Type: Article

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