Increased chlorophyll a, phytoplankton abundance, and cyanobacteria occurrence following invasion of Green Bay, Lake Michigan by dreissenid mussels

Aquatic Invasions

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-27

  De Stasio, Bart T ^a   Schrimpf, Michael B ^a   Beranek, Ashley E ^a   Daniels, William C ^a  

^a LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Dreissena; Green Bay; Phytoplankton; Zebra mussel

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857260472     PISSN: 17986540     EISSN: 18185487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/ai.2008.3.1.5     Document Type: Article

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