Changes in seasonal nearshore zooplankton abundance patterns in Lake Ontario following establishment of the exotic predator Cercopagis pengoi

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 531-542

  Warner, David ^a   Rudstam, Lars G ^b   Benoît, Hugues ^c   Mills, Edward L ^b   Johannsson, Ora ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Biological Field Station ^*  (United States)

^c GULF FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

^d FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cercopagis pengoi; Lake Ontario; Seasonality; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOLOGY; FISHERIES; MARINE BIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

CERCOPAGIS PENGOI; LAKE ONTARIO; SEASONALITY; ZOOPLANKTONS;

LAKES;

ABUNDANCE; CHLOROPHYLL A; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE ONTARIO; NORTH AMERICA;

ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; BOSMINA LONGIROSTRIS; BOSMINIDAE; CERCOPAGIS PENGOI; CYCLOPOIDA; DAPHNIA; DIACYCLOPS THOMASI;

EID: 33750338126     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3394/0380-1330(2006)32[531:CISNZA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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