Status of benthic macroinvertebrates in southern nearshore lake superior, 1994-2003

State of Lake Superior

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 473-492

  Scharold, J ^a   Lozano, S J ^b   Corry, T D ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b Natl Oceanic Atmospheric Adm   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Chironomidae; Depth distribution; Diporeia; Oligochaeta; Sphaeriidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350155525     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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