Regional climatic drivers of synchronous zooplankton dynamics in north-temperate lakes

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 878-889

  Rusak, James A ^a,b   Yan, Norman D ^a,c   Somers, Keith M ^a  

^a Dorset Environmental Science Centre   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ICE COVER; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYNCHRONY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

CANADA; DORSET [ONTARIO]; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

BOSMINA; LEPTODIAPTOMUS;

EID: 44149087334     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F08-043     Document Type: Article

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