Seasonal and interannual effects of hypoxia on fish habitat quality in central Lake Erie

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 366-383

  Arend, Kristin K ^a,b   Beletsky, Dmitry ^c   Depinto, Joseph V ^d   Ludsin, Stuart A ^e   Roberts, James J ^c,f   Rucinski, Daniel K ^c,d   Scavia, Donald ^c   Schwab, David J ^g   Höök, Tomas O ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAKE SUPERIOR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d Limno Tech Inc   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^g NOAA GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenergetics; Great Lakes; Growth rate potential; Hypoxia; Spatially explicit

Indexed keywords

APOLLONIA MELANOSTOMUS; NOTROPIS ATHERINOIDES; OSMERUS; OSMERUS MORDAX MORDAX; PERCA; PERCA FLAVESCENS;

EID: 78650925672     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02504.x     Document Type: Article

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