Decadal changes in the benthic invertebrate community in western Lake Erie between 1981 and 2004

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 226-237

  Soster, Frederick M ^a   McCall, Peter L ^b   Herrmann, Keith A ^a,c  

^a DEPAUW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthos; Dreissena; Lake Erie; Multidimensional scaling; Ordination; Trophic group amensalism

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; DREISSENA; LAKE ERIE; MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SCALING; ORDINATION; TROPHIC GROUP AMENSALISM;

ECOSYSTEMS; SHELLFISH;

LAKES;

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIOINDICATOR; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DECADAL VARIATION; DEPOSIT FEEDER; DOMINANCE; HYPOXIA; INVERTEBRATE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MORTALITY; ORDINATION; POPULATION DECLINE; SEICHE; STRATIFICATION; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE;

ANNELIDA; CHIRONOMIDAE; DREISSENA; DREISSENIDAE; HEXAGENIA; INVERTEBRATA; NAIDIDAE; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); OSTRACODA; OSTREIDAE; TUBIFICIDAE;

EID: 79958071891     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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