Temporal and spatial concordance in community composition of phytoplankton, zooplankton, macroinvertebrate, crayfish, and fish on the Precambrian Shield

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 919-932

  Bowman, Michelle F ^a,e   Ingram, Ron ^b   Reid, Ron A ^b   Somers, Keith M ^b   Yan, Norman D ^c   Paterson, Andrew M ^b   Morgan, George E ^d   Gunn, John M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CRAYFISH; FISH; LAKE WATER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPATIAL VARIATION; SYNCHRONY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER CHEMISTRY; ZOOPLANKTON;

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

ASTACOIDEA;

EID: 44149116955     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F08-034     Document Type: Article

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