Changes in phytoplankton community structure and primary production of Lake Ontario

State of Lake Ontario: Past, Present and Future

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 187-219

  Munawar, M ^a   Munawar, I F ^b  

^a GREAT LAKES LABORATORY FOR FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b Plankton Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Algae; Exotics; Great Lakes; Indicators; Plankton; Species

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872730219     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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