Exotic marine macroalga (Enteromorpha flexuosa) reaches bloom proportions in a coastal lake of Lake Michigan

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 538-544

  Lougheed, Vanessa L ^a   Stevenson, R Jan ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enteromorpha flexuosa; Epiphytes; Exotic species; Macroalgae

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; LAKES; MARINE BIOLOGY; POPULATION STATISTICS; SALINE WATER; SURVEYING; WATER;

LITTORAL ZONE; MACROALGAE; MARINE ALGAE;

ALGAE;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROALGA; SALINITY;

ALGAE; BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; FOOD; LAKES; SALINITY; SUBMERSION; SURVEYING; WATER;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE MICHIGAN; MICHIGAN; MUSKEGON LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CLADOPHORA; ENTEROMORPHA FLEXUOSA; ULVA; ULVA FLEXUOSA;

EID: 13744249760     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(04)70369-X     Document Type: Article

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