Decline in the Diversity of Benthic Invertebrates in the Wave-zone of Eastern Lake Erie, 1974-2001

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 608-615

  Ratti, Claudia ^a   Barton, David R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Dreissena; Lake Erie; Macroinvertebrates

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CATCHMENTS; SURVEYS;

INVERTEBRATES;

LAKES;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WAVE ACTION;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE ERIE; NORTH AMERICA;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; DREISSENA; DREISSENA BUGENSIS; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; DREISSENIDAE; ECHINOGAMMARUS ISCHNUS; EPHEMEROPTERA; GAMMARIDAE; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS FASCIATUS; GASTROPODA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 0347723863     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(03)70464-X     Document Type: Article

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