Warm spring and summer water temperatures in small eutrophic lakes of the Canadian prairies: Potential implications for phytoplankton and zooplankton

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 489-502

  Dupuis, Alain P ^a,b   Hann, Brenda J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CYANOBACTERIUM; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; HEAT TRANSFER; LAKE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRAIRIE; SPRING (SEASON); SUMMER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER TEMPERATURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

CANADA; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA; WINNIPEG;

ANABAENA; APHANIZOMENON; BOSMINA LONGIROSTRIS; CYANOBACTERIA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA AMBIGUA; DAPHNIA PARVULA; DAPHNIA PULICARIA; DAPHNIIDAE; PLANKTOTHRIX; PULICARIA; ROTIFERA; SKISTODIAPTOMUS OREGONENSIS;

EID: 67650854438     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbp001     Document Type: Article

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