Distribution of seston and nutrient concentrations in the eastern basin of Lake Erie pre- and post-dreissenid mussel invasion

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 463-476

  North, Rebecca L ^a   Smith, Ralph E H ^a   Hecky, Robert E ^a   Depew, David C ^a   León, Luis F ^a   Charlton, Murray N ^b   Guildford, Stephanie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dreissenids; Eutrophication; Lake Erie; Lakes; Nutrient cycling; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ALGAE; CHLOROPHYLL A; DREISSENIDS; EXPECTED EFFECTS; HUMAN POPULATION GROWTH; LAKE ERIE; LARGE LAKES; NEARSHORES; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT STATUS; PHOSPHORUS DEFICIENCY; SPATIAL PATTERNS; WATER COLUMNS;

CHLOROPHYLL; EUTROPHICATION; LAKES; LOADING; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SHELLFISH;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIVALVE; EUTROPHICATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION GROWTH; SESTON;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE;

ALGAE; DREISSENIDAE;

EID: 84865092631     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2012.06.012     Document Type: Article

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