Relative importance of macrophyte community versus water quality variables for predicting fish assemblages in coastal wetlands of the Laurentian Great Lakes

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 64-73

  Cvetkovic, Maja ^a   Wei, Anhua ^a   Chow Fraser, Patricia ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canonical correspondence analysis; Co correspondence analysis; Coastal wetlands; Fish plant relationships; Great Lakes; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; COASTAL MARSH; COASTAL WETLANDS; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FISH ASSEMBLAGES; FISH COMMUNITIES; FISH SPECIES; GREAT LAKES; GREAT LAKES BASIN; GREAT LAKES COASTAL WETLANDS; LAURENTIAN GREAT LAKES; MACROPHYTES; NORTH CHANNEL; PLANT COMMUNITIES; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; SENSITIVE INDICATOR; WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS;

FISH; LAKES; MEATS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; COASTAL WETLAND; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; MACROPHYTE; PLANT COMMUNITY; WATER QUALITY;

CANADA; GEORGIAN BAY; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH CHANNEL [ONTARIO]; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 77549086520     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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