Comparisons of zooplankton community size structure in the Great Lakes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

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

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; LAKES; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; EPILIMNION; HYPOLIMNION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; TROPHIC INTERACTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE ERIE; LAKE HURON; LAKE MICHIGAN; LAKE ONTARIO; LAKE SUPERIOR; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33745848050     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC002971     Document Type: Article

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