Structure and ordination of epiphytic invertebrate communities of four coastal wetlands in Green Bay, Lake Michigan

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 342-357

  Schneider, Patricia ^a   Sager, Paul E ^b  

^a Box 6370 ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN GREEN BAY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal wetlands; Epiphytic invertebrates; Feeding groups; Green Bay; Ordination; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHLOROPHYLL; FOOD PRODUCTS; LAKES; NUTRIENTS; TAXONOMIES;

EPIPHYTIC MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES; PORTAGE MARSH; TROPHIC GRADIENTS; TROPHIC INTERACTIONS;

WETLANDS;

CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL WETLAND; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; ORDINATION; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

GREEN BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; EPIPHYTON; EQUIDAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 34547135707     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3394/0380-1330(2007)33[342:SAOOEI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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