Factors regulating primary production and phytoplankton dynamics in western Lake Erie

Fundamental and Applied Limnology

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 137-152

  Fitzpatrick, Mark A J ^a,b   Munawar, Mohiuddin ^b   Leach, Joseph H ^c   Haffner, G Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^c ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Algae; Eutrophication; Great Lakes; Primary productivity; Zebra mussels

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGA; BIOMASS; BIVALVE; CHLOROPHYLL A; EUTROPHICATION; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TAXONOMY;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE ERIE; NORTH AMERICA;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CYCLOTELLA; DREISSENA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; MICROCYSTIS;

EID: 34848875676     PISSN: 18639135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1863-9135/2007/0169-0137     Document Type: Article

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