Trends in the benthic macroinvertebrate community of Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron, 1987 to 1996: Responses to phosphorus abatement and the zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 14-33

  Nalepa, Thomas F ^a   Fanslow, David L ^a   Lansing, Margaret B ^a   Lang, Gregory A ^a  

^a NOAA GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthos; Community changes; Ecological impacts; Saginaw Bay

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DUST ABATEMENT; EUTROPHICATION; PHOSPHORUS;

ZEBRA MUSSEL;

LAKES;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION CONTROL; ZOOBENTHOS;

GREAT LAKES (LAKE HURON); MICHIGAN; SAGINAW BAY; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIPODA; ANNELIDA; BIVALVIA; DIPOREIA; DREISSENA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; DREISSENIDAE; GAMMARUS; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA);

EID: 0037252042     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(03)70412-2     Document Type: Article

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