Plankton dynamics along a 180 km reach of the Saint Lawrence River from its headwaters in Lake Ontario

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 647, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-20

  Twiss, Michael R ^a   Ulrich, Carmen ^a   Kring, Stefanie A ^a   Harold, Jessica ^a   Williams, Matthew R ^a  

^a CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluvial system; Laurentian Great Lakes; Nutrients; Phytoplankton; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC COMMUNITIES; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; CELL LOSS; CHLOROPHYLL A; CRUSTACEAN ZOOPLANKTON; FLUVIAL SYSTEMS; HIGH WATER; INSECT LARVAE; LAKE ONTARIO; LAKE WATERS; LAURENTIAN GREAT LAKES; LAWRENCE RIVER; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; PARTICLE CONTACTS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC EFFICIENCY; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITY; PLANKTON DYNAMICS; REGULATED RIVER; RIVER WATER; ST. LAWRENCE RIVER; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; TURBULENT WATER; WATER COLUMNS;

ALGAE CONTROL; CHLOROPHYLL; FLOCCULATION; FORESTRY; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; NUTRIENTS; OCEAN HABITATS; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORPHYRINS; RIVERS; WATER LEVELS;

LAKES;

BENTHOS; BIVALVE; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CRUSTACEAN; DAM; FLOCCULATION; FLUVIAL PROCESS; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GRAZING; HEADWATER; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT; LARVA; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRIBUTARY; TURBULENCE; WATER COLUMN; WATER FLOW; ZOOPLANKTON;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ONTARIO; SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER;

ARTHROPODA; CRUSTACEA; DREISSENIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77952008952     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0115-0     Document Type: Article

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