Ecological monitoring for assessing the state of the nearshore and open waters of the great lakes

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 88, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 103-117

  Nielson, Melanie A ^a   Painter, D Scott ^a   Warren, Glenn ^b   Hetes, Ronald A ^c   Basu, Ilora ^c   Weseloh, D V Chip ^a   Whittle, D Michael ^f   Christie, Gavin ^d   Barbiero, Richard ^e   Tuchman, Marc ^b   Johannsson, Ora E ^f   Nalepa, Thomas F ^g   Edsall, Thomas A ^h   Fleischer, Guy ⁱ   Bronte, Charles ^j   Smith, Stephen B ^h   Baumann, Paul C ^h  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GREAT LAKES FISHERY COMMISSION   (United States)

^e DynCorp   (United States)

^f GREAT LAKES LABORATORY FOR FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES   (Canada)

^g ALTARUM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

ⁱ ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^j US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

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Author keywords

Coordination; Ecosystem; Great Lakes; Indicators; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; LAKES; RESTORATION;

BIOLOGICAL INTEGRITY;

ECOLOGY;

LAKE WATER;

LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAKE WATER; MONITORING; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAW; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WILDLIFE;

CANADA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREAT LAKES REGION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANTS;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 10744226416     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025500619900     Document Type: Article

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