Changing abundance of Hexagenia mayfly nymphs in western Lake Erie of the Laurentian Great Lakes: Impediments to assessment of lake recovery?

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 87-103

  Schloesser, Don W ^a,b   Nalepa, Thomas F ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lake recovery; Laurentian Great Lakes; Mayfly; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MAYFLY; POLLUTION CONTROL; POPULATION DENSITY;

NORTH AMERICA;

ARTHROPODA; EPHEMERIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAGENIA; LAURENTIA;

EID: 0035154423     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1522-2632(200101)86:1<87::AID-IROH87>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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