Assessing ecosystem health impairments using a battery of ecological indicators: Bay of Quinte, Lake Ontario example

Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 430-441

  Munawar, M ^a   Fitzpatrick, M ^a   Munawar, I F ^b   Niblock, H ^a   Kane, D ^c  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^b Plankton Canada   (Canada)

^c Defiance College   (United States)

Author keywords

Area of Concern; Beneficial Use Impairment; eutrophication; Great Lakes; remediation; stressed ecosystems

Indexed keywords

ALGAE;

EID: 84871276639     PISSN: 14634988     EISSN: 15394077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14634988.2012.731367     Document Type: Article

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