Recent declines in benthic macroinvertebrate densities in Lake Ontario

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 518-529

  Lozano, S J ^a   Scharold, J V ^a   Nalepa, T F ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; CANADA; FOOD AVAILABILITY; LAKE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEDIMENTATION; SURVIVAL; WATER DEPTH;

DENSITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; POPULATION DECLINE;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES (LAKE ONTARIO);

DIPOREIA;

EID: 0035063095     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f01-002     Document Type: Article

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