Changes in zooplankton biomass in the Bay of Quinte with the arrival of the mussels, Dreissena polymorpha and D. rostiformis bugensis, and the predatory cladoceran, Cercopagis pengoi: 1975 to 2008

Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 44-55

  Bowen, Kelly L ^a   Johannsson, Ora E ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cyclopoid; Lake ontario; Rotifer; Zebra and quagga mussels

Indexed keywords

BOSMINA; CALANOIDA; CERCOPAGIS PENGOI; COPEPODA; CYCLOPOIDA; DREISSENA; DREISSENA BUGENSIS; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; DREISSENIDAE; EQUUS SUBG. HIPPOTIGRIS; PINATUBO; ROTIFERA;

EID: 79952437111     PISSN: 14634988     EISSN: 15394077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14634988.2011.550528     Document Type: Article

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