Spatial variation in RNA:DNA ratios of Diporeia spp. in the Great Lakes region

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 187-195

  Ryan, Daniel J ^a   Sepúlveda, Maria S ^a   Nalepa, Thomas F ^b   Höök, Tomas O ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALTARUM INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Condition; Diporeia spp.; Dreissenids; RNA:DNA

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CART ANALYSIS; CART MODELS; CLASSIFICATION AND REGRESSION TREE ANALYSIS; CONDITION; DIPOREIA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; DREISSENIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; GREAT LAKES; IN-SITU; LAURENTIAN GREAT LAKES; NEW YORK , USA; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANIMALS; BIOMOLECULES; DNA; RNA;

LAKES;

ABUNDANCE; BIVALVE; DECADAL VARIATION; NUCLEIC ACID; POPULATION DECLINE; RNA-DNA RATIO; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CANADA; CAYUGA LAKE; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAURENTIAN MOUNTAINS; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; QUEBEC [CANADA]; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; DIPOREIA; DREISSENA; DREISSENA BUGENSIS; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; DREISSENIDAE;

EID: 84860702245     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2012.01.007     Document Type: Article

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