Spatial and seasonal patterns in the crustacean zooplankton community of the St. Marys River

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 37, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages 21-27

  Turschak, Benjamin A ^a,b   Moerke, Ashley H ^a   Evans, Barbara I ^a  

^a LAKE SUPERIOR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b School of Freshwater Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Bythotrephes; Coastal wetlands; St. Marys River; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BYTHOTREPHES; CALANOID COPEPODS; COASTAL WETLANDS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; CRUSTACEAN ZOOPLANKTON; CYCLOPOID COPEPODS; DAPHNIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; FOOD WEBS; GREAT LAKES; LAKE SUPERIOR; NEARSHORES; RELATIVE DENSITY; SEASONAL PATTERNS; ST. MARYS RIVER; ZOOPLANKTON; ZOOPLANKTON COMMUNITIES;

LAKES; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; RIVERS; SOCIAL SCIENCES; USER INTERFACES; WETLANDS;

FISH;

COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRUSTACEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD WEB; INVASIVE SPECIES; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; WETLAND; ZOOPLANKTON;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; SAINT MARYS RIVER;

BOSMINIDAE; BYTHOTREPHES; BYTHOTREPHES LONGIMANUS; CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; CYCLOPOIDA; DAPHNIIDAE; LEPTODORA KINDTII;

EID: 79958008686     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2011.03.017     Document Type: Article

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