Recent changes in density, biomass, recruitment, size structure, and nutritional state of Dreissena populations in southern Lake Michigan

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 36, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages 5-19

  Nalepa, Thomas F ^a   Fanslow, David L ^a   Pothoven, Steven A ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic community; Quagga mussels; Zebra mussels

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC COMMUNITIES; BOTTOM TEMPERATURE; CONDITION INDEX; DREISSENA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; DREISSENA ROSTRIFORMIS; LAKE MICHIGAN; MEAN DENSITY; METABOLIC ACTIVITY; NUTRITIONAL STATE; POPULATION EXPANSION; POPULATION STRUCTURES; QUAGGA MUSSELS; REPRODUCTIVE ACTIVITY; SEASONAL CHANGES; SIZE STRUCTURE; VELIGER; ZEBRA MUSSELS;

LAKES;

BIOMASS;

BENTHOS; BIOMASS; BIVALVE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; LIPID; METABOLISM; NUCLEIC ACID; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POLYMORPHISM; POLYSACCHARIDE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIZE STRUCTURE; SPAWNING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER DEPTH;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE MICHIGAN;

EID: 77955785545     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2010.03.013     Document Type: Article

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