Convergence of trophic state and the lower food web in Lakes Huron, Michigan and Superior

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 368-380

  Barbiero, Richard P ^a   Lesht, Barry M ^b   Warren, Glenn J ^c  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c USEPA Great Lakes National Program Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Nutrients; Oligotrophication; Phosphorus; Trophic state; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN ZOOPLANKTON; DIPOREIA; FOOD WEBS; LAKE MICHIGAN; LAKE SUPERIOR; MICHIGAN; OFFSHORE WATER; OLIGOTROPHICATION; OPEN WATER; PARTICULATE PHOSPHORUS; SEASONALITY; SEAWIFS; SILICA CONCENTRATIONS; SPRING BLOOMS; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; TROPHIC STATE; ZOOPLANKTON;

CHLOROPHYLL; ECOLOGY; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SILICA;

LAKES;

BENTHOS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CHLOROPHYLL; FOOD WEB; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT BUDGET; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHOSPHORUS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEAWIFS; SILICA; TROPHIC STATUS; ZOOPLANKTON;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE HURON; LAKE MICHIGAN; LAKE SUPERIOR;

CALANOIDA; CRUSTACEA; DIPOREIA; DREISSENIDAE; LIMNOCALANUS;

EID: 84860637274     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2012.03.009     Document Type: Article

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