Recent ecological trends in lower trophic levels of the international section of the St. Lawrence River: A comparison of the 1970s to the 2000s

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 647, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-33

  Farrell, J M ^a   Holeck, K T ^b   Mills, E L ^b   Hoffman, C E ^c   Patil, V J ^b,d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Department of Natural Resources and the Environment   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benthos; Community structure; Invasive species; Nutrients; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC COMMUNITIES; BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; CHIRONOMIDS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; DREISSENA; IN-SITU PRODUCTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAKE ONTARIO; NUTRIENT POLLUTION; RIVER ENVIRONMENT; ROUND GOBY; SECCHI DEPTH; ST. LAWRENCE RIVER; TIME PERIODS; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; TROPHIC LEVEL; WATER TRANSPARENCY; ZOOPLANKTON COMMUNITIES;

CHLOROPHYLL; ECOLOGY; FISH; LAKES; OCEAN HABITATS; PHOSPHORUS; PORPHYRINS; RIVERS; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TRANSPARENCY;

NUTRIENTS;

ABATEMENT COST; ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; CHLOROPHYLL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIMNOLOGY; NUTRIENT; PHOSPHORUS; TROPHIC LEVEL; ZOOPLANKTON;

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

AMPHIPODA; ANNELIDA; APOLLONIA MELANOSTOMUS; BOSMINA; CERIODAPHNIA LACUSTRIS; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHYDORUS SPHAERICUS; DIACYCLOPS; DREISSENA; DREISSENA BUGENSIS; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; DREISSENIDAE; EURYTEMORA AFFINIS; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA);

EID: 77952011660     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-0003-7     Document Type: Article

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