An intensive assessment of planktonic communities in the Canadian waters of Lake Erie, 1998

Checking the Pulse of Lake Erie

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 297-346

  Munawar, Mohiuddin ^a   Munawar, I F ^b   Fitzpatrick, M ^a   Niblock, H ^a   Bowen, K ^a   Lorimer, J ^a  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^b Plankton Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Great Lakes; Lower food web; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865083655     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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