Factors influencing changes in the nearshore benthic community on the Canadian side of Lake Ontario

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 272-286

  Kilgour, Bruce W ^a   Bailey, Robert C ^b   Howell, E Todd ^c  

^a Water Systems Analysts   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benthic community index; Benthos; Lake Ontario; Survey; Trends

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; TROPHIC STATUS; ZOOBENTHOS;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES; LAKE ONTARIO;

AMPHIPODA; BIVALVIA; CHIRONOMIDAE; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 0033802174     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(00)70692-7     Document Type: Article

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