Dreissena population status in nearshore Lake Ontario

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL.4, 2012, Pages 161-170

  Pennuto, C M ^a   Howell, E T ^b   Lewis, T W ^c   Makarewicz, J C ^c  

^a BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic correlates; Lake Ontario; Quagga mussel; Zebra mussel

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC CORRELATES; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONDITION INDEX; DREISSENA; DREISSENA ROSTRIFORMIS; DRY MASS; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEER; FOOD LIMITATIONS; GREAT LAKES; LAKE ONTARIO; MUSSEL TISSUE; NEAR-SHORE WATERS; NEARSHORES; PHOSPHORUS CONCENTRATION; PHOSPHORUS CONTENTS; QUAGGA MUSSELS; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; WATER COLUMNS; ZEBRA MUSSELS;

CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ENGINEERING; LAKES; PHOSPHORUS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SURVEYS; TISSUE; TURBIDITY;

SHELLFISH;

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIVALVE; CORRELATION; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; POPULATION STRUCTURE; WATER COLUMN;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ONTARIO;

CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; DREISSENA; DREISSENA BUGENSIS; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; DREISSENA ROSTRIFORMIS; DREISSENIDAE;

EID: 84869099846     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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