Influence of nutrients in water and sediments on the spatial distributions of benthos in Lake Simcoe

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 365-376

  Kilgour, Bruce ^a,d   Clarkin, Charity ^a   Morton, William ^b   Baldwin, Rob ^c  

^a STANTEC CONSULTING LTD   (Canada)

^b Box 282 ^*  (Canada)

^c Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority   (Canada)

^d Kilgour and Associates Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benthic community; Lake Simcoe; Nitrogen; Nutrients; Phosphorous

Indexed keywords

LAKES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENTS; WATER QUALITY;

BENTHIC COMMUNITIES; CONTROLLING FACTORS; ECHINOGAMMARUS ISCHNUS; EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS; LAKE SIMCOE; PHOSPHOROUS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; TOTAL KJELDAHL NITROGENS;

NUTRIENTS;

AMPHIPOD; BENTHOS; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CADDISFLY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DOMINANCE; MAYFLY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER QUALITY;

CANADA; LAKE SIMCOE; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

AMPHIPODA; ECHINOGAMMARUS ISCHNUS; EPHEMEROPTERA; GASTROPODA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 46849083721     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3394/0380-1330(2008)34[365:IONIWA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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