A two-dimensional ecological model of Lake Erie: Application to estimate dreissenid impacts on large lake plankton populations

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 214, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 219-241

  Zhang, Hongyan ^a   Culver, David A ^a   Boegman, Leon ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dreissena; Ecological model; Grazing impacts; Nutrient excretion

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAKES; PHOSPHATES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WATER QUALITY;

DREISSENA; ECOLOGICAL MODEL; GRAZING IMPACTS; NUTRIENT EXCRETION;

ECOLOGY;

ALGA; BIVALVE; DIATOM; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GRAZING PRESSURE; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUTRIENT; PLANKTON; POPULATION ESTIMATION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER QUALITY;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE; NORTH AMERICA;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; DREISSENA; DREISSENA BUGENSIS; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; DREISSENIDAE;

EID: 43049154822     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.02.005     Document Type: Article

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