The recovery of acid-damaged zooplankton communities in Canadian Lakes: The relative importance of abiotic, biotic and spatial variables

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 741-758

  Gray, Derek K ^a   Arnott, Shelley E ^a   Shead, Justin A ^b   Derry, Alison M ^c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Dorset Environmental Science Centre   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acidification; Killarney Park; Recovery; Variance partitioning; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

CHAOBORUS; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA;

EID: 84858074723     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2012.02739.x     Document Type: Article

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