Water quality and plankton in the united states nearshore waters of Lake Huron

Environmental Management

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 664-678

  Yurista, Peder M ^b   Kelly, John R ^a   Miller, Samuel E ^a   Van Alstine, Jon D ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Conductivity temperature depth profiler; Lake huron; Laser optical plankton counter; Nearshore; Towing

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT; CONDUCTIVITY-TEMPERATURE DEPTH PROFILERS; LASER-OPTICAL PLANKTON COUNTER; NEARSHORES; TOWING;

COASTAL ENGINEERING; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SURVEYS; WATER QUALITY;

LAKES;

LAKE WATER;

BIOMASS; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROMETRY; FOOD WEB; HUMAN ACTIVITY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LAKE WATER; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PLANKTON; SHORE (NONMARINE); SUMMER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD WEB; LAND USE; PLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; GREAT LAKES REGION; PLANKTON; WATER POLLUTANTS;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE HURON;

VINDULA ARSINOE;

EID: 84866539677     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-012-9902-x     Document Type: Article

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