Changes in distribution and abundance of submerged macrophytes in the Inner Bay at Long Point, Lake Erie: Implications for foraging waterfowl

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 783-798

  Knapton, Richard W ^a,b   Petrie, Scott A ^a  

^a Long Point Waterfowl and Wetlands Research Fund   (Canada)

^b CAPE BRETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chara vulgaris; Diving ducks; Exotic species; Long Point; Migration; Myriophyllum spicatum; Najas flexilis guadalupensis; Submerged macrophytes; Vallisneria americana; Zebra mussels

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AQUATIC PLANT; MACROPHYTE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; WATERFOWL;

GREAT LAKES(LAKE ERIE); LONG POINT; NORTH AMERICA;

ANAS; ANAS SP.; ANATIDAE; ANIMALIA; ANSER; AVES; AYTHYA; CERATOPHYLLUM DEMERSUM; CHARA VULGARIS; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; ELODEA CANADENSIS; MYRIOPHYLLUM SPICATUM; NAJAS FLEXILIS; NITELLA FLEXILIS; POLYGONUM; POTAMOGETON; VALLISNERIA AMERICANA;

EID: 0033509784     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(99)70777-X     Document Type: Article

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