Environmental indicators for the coastal region of the North American Great Lakes: Introduction and prospectus

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 33, Issue SPEC. ISS. 3, 2007, Pages 1-12

  Niemi, Gerald J ^a   Kelly, John R ^b   Danz, Nicholas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Great Lakes; Integration; Responses; Stressors; Watershed

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

COASTAL REGION; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS;

LAKES;

AMPHIBIAN; BIRD; COASTAL WETLAND; COASTAL ZONE; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; MACROINVERTEBRATE; POPULATION GROWTH; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 41749111165     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3394/0380-1330(2007)33[1:eiftcr]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Review

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