The Lake Ontario zooplankton community before (1987-1991) and after (2001-2005) invasion-induced ecosystem change

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 596-605

  Stewart, Thomas J ^a   Johannsson, Ora E ^b   Holeck, Kristen ^c   Sprules, W Gary ^d   O'Gorman, Robert ^e  

^a ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^b GREAT LAKES LABORATORY FOR FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES   (Canada)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Community structure; Invasives; Lake Ontario; Production; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BEFORE AND AFTER; BYTHOTREPHES; CERCOPAGIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; CYCLOPOID COPEPODS; DATA SETS; FOOD WEBS; INVASIVES; LAKE ONTARIO; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; WHOLE-LAKE; ZOOPLANKTON; ZOOPLANKTON COMMUNITIES; ZOOPLANKTON SPECIES;

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

LAKES;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOMASS; BIVALVE; CLUPEOID; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRUSTACEAN; FOOD WEB; PREDATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; ZOOPLANKTON;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ONTARIO;

BYTHOTREPHES; CERCOPAGIS; COPEPODA; CYCLOPOIDA; DREISSENIDAE;

EID: 78649442785     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2010.07.010     Document Type: Article

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