Status and trends of benthic populations in a coastal drowned river mouth lake of Lake Michigan

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 578-595

  Carter, Glenn S ^a   Nalepa, Thomas F ^b   Rediske, Richard R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Area of Concern; Contaminants; Historic changes; Macroinvertebrates; Multivariate statistics; Wastewater diversion

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONES; ECOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; MARINE BIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; RIVERS;

HISTORIC CHANGES; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICS; WASTEWATER DIVERSION;

LAKES;

BENTHOS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISCHARGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

MICHIGAN; MUSKEGON LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANNELIDA; CHIRONOMIDAE; DREISSENA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA);

EID: 33750365595     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3394/0380-1330(2006)32[578:SATOBP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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