Comparisons of bird, aquatic macroinvertebrate, and plant communities among dredged ponds and natural wetland habitats at Long Point, Lake Erie, Ontario

Wetlands

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 945-953

  Schummer, Michael L ^a   Palframan, Jason ^a   McNaughton, Emily ^a   Barney, Ted ^a   Petrie, Scott A ^a  

^a Long Point Waterfowl   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cattail; Dredging; Great Lakes coastal wetland; Interspersion; Phragmites; Wetland restoration

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COASTAL WATER; COASTAL WETLAND; DREDGING; FISH; HABITAT RESTORATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MONOCOTYLEDON; OPEN WATER; PLANT COMMUNITY; POND; REEDBED; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RESOURCE USE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE; LONG POINT; ONTARIO [CANADA];

AVES; PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; TYPHA; TYPHA ANGUSTIFOLIA;

EID: 84871478513     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-012-0328-2     Document Type: Article

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