Impacts of dreissenid mussel invasions on chlorophyll and total phosphorus in 25 lakes in the USA

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 192-206

  Cha, Yoonkyung ^a   Stow, Craig A ^b   Bernhardt, Emily S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b ALTARUM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian hierarchical modelling; Chl TP relationships; Chlorophyll a; Dreissenid filtration impacts; Total phosphorus

Indexed keywords

DREISSENA BUGENSIS; DREISSENIDAE; EQUUS SUBG. HIPPOTIGRIS;

EID: 84871031994     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12050     Document Type: Article

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