Great Lakes Cladophora in the 21st century: Same algae-different ecosystem

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 248-255

  Auer, Martin T ^a   Tomlinson, Lisa M ^a,e   Higgins, Scott N ^b,f   Malkin, Sairah Y ^b   Howell, E Todd ^c   Bootsma, Harvey A ^d  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^e University of Wisconsin at Madison ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cladophora; Great Lakes; Light; Modeling; Mussels; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; LIGHT; MODELS; MOLLUSCS; PHOSPHORUS; WATER QUALITY;

CLADOPHORA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; GREAT LAKES; GREAT LAKES WATER QUALITY AGREEMENTS; MUSSELS; PHOSPHORUS CONTENTS; PHOSPHORUS MANAGEMENT; SOLUBLE REACTIVE PHOSPHORUS;

LAKES;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOMASS; BIVALVE; DATABASE; GREEN ALGA; LIGHT EFFECT; PERCID; PHOSPHORUS; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION GROWTH; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WATER QUALITY;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE; LAKE MICHIGAN; LAKE ONTARIO;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CLADOPHORA; DREISSENA; DREISSENA BUGENSIS; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; DREISSENIDAE;

EID: 77956177483     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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