Is sediment or pseudofaeces toxicity responsible for the decline of the amphipod Diporeia hoyi in Lakes Erie and Ontario?

Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-20

  Dermott, R ^a   Munawar, M ^a   Carou, S ^a   Bonnell, R ^a   Niblock, H ^a  

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

Author keywords

Benthic assays; Dreissena; Metals; Thioploca

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPODA; DIPOREIA; DIPOREIA HOYI; DREISSENA; DREISSENA BUGENSIS; HYALELLA; THIOPLOCA; THIOPLOCA INGRICA;

EID: 22444441359     PISSN: 14634988     EISSN: 15394077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14634980590927373     Document Type: Article

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