Evaluation of optically acquired zooplankton size-spectrum data as a potential tool for assessment of condition in the great lakes

Environmental Management

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 34-44

  Yurista, Peder ^a   Kelly, John R ^a   Miller, Samuel ^a  

^a Office of Research and Development   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Great Lakes; OPC; Optical plankton counter; Size spectrum; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DATA REDUCTION; ECOSYSTEMS; LAKES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ASSESSMENT; GREAT LAKES; OPTICAL PLANKTON COUNTER (OPC); SIZE SPECTRUM; ZOOPLANKTON;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; SPECTRUM; ZOOPLANKTON;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMASS DISTRIBUTION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PLANKTON COUNTER; VARIANCE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING; ZOOPLANKTON; ANIMAL; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; UNITED STATES;

GREAT LAKES; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

LAURENTIA;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREAT LAKES REGION; OPTICS; PARTICLE SIZE; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 21444449084     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-003-0298-5     Document Type: Article

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