A deep chlorophyll maximum nourishes benthic filter feeders in the coastal zone of a large clear lake

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 735-748

  Malkin, Sairah Y ^a,c   Silsbe, Greg M ^a,d   Smith, Ralph E H ^a   Todd Howell, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; BIVALVE; CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ZONE; FILTER; FLUORESCENCE; FOOD SUPPLY; GROWTH RATE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LAKE; VELOCITY;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ONTARIO;

DREISSENA; DREISSENA BUGENSIS;

EID: 84862019597     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2012.57.3.0735     Document Type: Article

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