Calcium content of littoral Cladocera in three softwater lakes of the Canadian Shield

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 678, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-83

  Shapiera, Melanie ^a,c   Jeziorski, Adam ^a   Yan, Norman D ^b   Smol, John P ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calcium; Canadian Shield; Chydoridae; Environmental stress; Littoral

Indexed keywords

ACID DEPOSITION; AFFORESTATION; CALCIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRUSTACEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FOOD WEB; LAKE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAKE WATER; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION DECLINE; TAXONOMY; TIMBER HARVESTING; VULNERABILITY;

CANADIAN SHIELD;

ACROPERUS HARPAE; CHYDORIDAE; CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIIDAE; DISPARALONA;

EID: 81055157036     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0824-z     Document Type: Article

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