Effects of the 1997 Bonnet Carré Spillway opening on infaunal macroinvertebrates in Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1292-1303

  Brammer, Amanda J ^a   Rodriguez Del Rey, Zoe ^a   Spalding, Elizabeth A ^a   Poirrier, Michael A ^a  

^a University of New Orleans   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphicteis floridus; Biomass; Bivalve; Chironomid; Cyanobacterial bloom; Gastropod; Oligochaete; Parandalia americana; Polychaete; Polydora websteri; Probythinella protera; Productivity; Rangia cuneata; Streblospio benedicti; Texadina sphinctostoma

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGAL BLOOM; BENTHIC INFAUNA; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; BIVALVE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GASTROPOD; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; POLYCHAETE; SALINITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPILLWAY; TRANSECT;

LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHICTEIS FLORIDUS; ANNELIDA; BIVALVIA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CYANOBACTERIA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; PARANDALIA AMERICANA; POLYCHAETA; POLYDORA WEBSTERI; PROBYTHINELLA PROTERA; RANGIA CUNEATA; STREBLOSPIO BENEDICTI; TEXADINA SPHINCTOSTOMA;

EID: 35348813268     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/05-0571.1     Document Type: Article

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