Use of littoral benthic invertebrates to assess factors affecting biological recovery of acid- and metal-damaged lakes

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 572-585

  Wesolek, Brian E ^a   Genrich, Erika K ^a   Gunn, John M ^a   Somers, Keith M ^a,b  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acidification; Biological recovery; Damaged lakes; Littoral benthic invertebrates; Rapid bioassessment; Redundancy analysis; Variance partitioning

Indexed keywords

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EID: 77957232064     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/09-123.1     Document Type: Article

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