Invasion of Onondaga Lake, New York, by the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) following reductions in N pollution

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 634-650

  Spada, Michael E ^a   Ringler, Neil H ^b   Effler, Steven W ^a   Matthews, David A ^a  

^a UPSTATE FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Colonization; Onondaga Lake; Seneca River; Substrate; Veligers; Water quality; Zebra mussels

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COLONIZATION; MOLLUSC; NITROGEN; POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

NEW YORK; ONONDAGA LAKE; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; DREISSENA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0036896747     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468435     Document Type: Article

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