Algal pigments in Lake Erie dreissenids, pseudofeces and sediments, as tracers of diet, selective feeding and bioaccumulation

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 437-447

  Bridoux, Maxime ^a   Sobiechowska, Monika ^a   Perez Fuentetaja, Alicia ^b   Alben, Katherine T ^a,c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT FREDONIA   (United States)

^c WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorophytes; Cryptophytes; Cyanobacteria; Diatoms; Dreissenids; Lake Erie; Pseudofeces; Sediments

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYTES; CRYPTOPHYTES; CYANOBACTERIA; DIATOMS; DREISSENIDS; LAKE ERIE; PSEUDOFECES;

BIOCHEMISTRY; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; LAKES; NUTRITION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BIOMARKERS;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMARKER; BIVALVE; CAROTENOID; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; DIET; ESTER; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GREEN ALGA; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONALITY; SHELL; TRACER;

BUFFALO; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DREISSENIDAE;

EID: 77956187914     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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