Changes in phytoplankton communities following logging in the drainage basins of three boreal forest lakes in northwestern Ontario (Canada), 1991-2000

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-54

  Nicholls, K H ^a   Steedman, R J ^b   Carney, E C ^a  

^a Ctr for N Forest Ecosystem Res ^*  (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; LOGGING (TIMBER); PHYTOPLANKTON;

CANADA;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; CHLOROPHYCEAE; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0037228706     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f03-002     Document Type: Article

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