Effects of thermocline deepening on lake plankton communities

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 260-276

  Cantin, Ariane ^a   Beisner, Beatrix E ^a   Gunn, John M ^b   Prairie, Yves T ^a   Winter, Jennifer G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FOOD WEB; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PLANKTON; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TAXONOMY; THERMOCLINE; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

CHLOROPHYTA; COPEPODA; CYCLOPOIDA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 79551677313     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F10-138     Document Type: Article

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