Modeling the role of zebra mussels in the proliferation of blue-green algae in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 32-55

  Bierman Jr , Victor J ^a   Kaur, Jagjit ^b   DePinto, Joseph V ^b   Feist, Timothy J ^c   Dilks, David W ^b  

^a LimnoTech   (United States)

^b Limno Tech Inc   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue green algae; Ecosystem; Microcystis; Model; Phytoplankton; Saginaw Bay; Zebra mussels

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; LAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BASELINE MODEL; BLUE-GREEN ALGAE; PROLIFERATION; ZEBRA MUSSELS;

ALGAE;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIVALVE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; PHOSPHORUS; TOXIC ORGANISM;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE HURON; MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; SAGINAW BAY; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; MICROCYSTIS; UNCULTURED CYANOBACTERIUM;

EID: 18244370766     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(05)70236-7     Document Type: Article

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