Burrowing mayfly (Ephemeroptera: Ephemeridae: Hexagenia spp.) bioturbation and bioirrigation: A source of internal phosphorus loading in Lake Erie

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-63

  Chaffin, Justin D ^a   Kane, Douglas D ^a,b  

^a Department of Evolution Ecology and Organismal Biology   (United States)

^b Defiance College   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Hexagenia; Internal phosphorus loading; Lake Erie; Lake sediments

Indexed keywords

BIO-IRRIGATION; BIOTURBATION; EUTROPHICATION MODEL; EXTERNAL LOADS; HIGH DENSITY; LAKE ERIE; LAKE SEDIMENTS; LAKE WATERS; PHOSPHORUS CONCENTRATION; PHOSPHORUS DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS LOADING; PHOSPHORUS LOADS; SOLUBLE REACTIVE PHOSPHORUS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EUTROPHICATION; IGNEOUS ROCKS; LOADING; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

LAKES;

BIOTURBATION; BURROWING; EUTROPHICATION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MAYFLY; MICROCOSM; PHOSPHORUS; WATER QUALITY;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE;

EPHEMERIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAGENIA; SCAPPHODONTA;

EID: 77549088494     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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