Do zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) alter lake water chemistry in a way that favours Microcystis growth?

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 371, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 362-372

  Bykova, Olga ^a   Laursen, Andrew ^a   Bostan, Vadim ^a   Bautista, Joseph ^a   McCarthy, Lynda ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cyanobacterial bloom; N P; Nitrate flux; Nutrient flux; Nutrient ratios; Selenastrum; Zebra mussels

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOSYSTEMS; MICROORGANISMS;

CYANOBACTERIAL BLOOM; NITRATE FLUXES; NUTRIENT FLUXES; NUTRIENT RATIOS; SELENASTRUM; ZEBRA MUSSELS;

LAKES;

AMMONIA; FRESH WATER; LAKE WATER; NITRATE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS;

LAKE WATER; MICROCOSM; MOLLUSC; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHYTOPLANKTON; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; GREEN ALGA; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MICROCOSM; MICROCYSTIS; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; DREISSENA; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; MICROCYSTIS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; MICROCYSTIS; PSEUDOKIRCHNERIELLA; SELENASTRUM;

EID: 33750499919     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.08.022     Document Type: Article

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