Long-term trends in zooplankton of Dorset, Ontario, lakes: The probable interactive effects of changes in pH, total phosphorus, dissolved organic carbon, and predators

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 862-877

  Yan, Norman D ^a,d   Somers, Keith M ^a   Girard, Robert E ^a   Paterson, Andrew M ^a   Keller, W ^a   Ramcharan, Charles W ^b   Rusak, James A ^c   Ingram, Ron ^a   Morgan, George E ^b   Gunn, John M ^b  

^a ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; PH; PHOSPHORUS; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER QUALITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

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

BYTHOTREPHES; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIIDAE;

EID: 44149124032     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F07-197     Document Type: Article

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