Changes in aquatic vegetation and fish communities following 5 years of sustained low water levels in coastal marshes of eastern Georgian Bay, Lake Huron

Global Change Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 93-105

  Midwood, Jonathan D ^a   Chow Fraser, Patricia ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Change detection; Coastal wetlands; Great Lakes; Remote sensing; Water level regulation

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; COASTAL WETLAND; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FISH; IKONOS; MARSH; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION COVER; WATER LEVEL;

CANADA; GEORGIAN BAY; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE HURON; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 84155163980     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02558.x     Document Type: Article

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