A history of changes in zooplankton community structure and function in Lake Ontario: Responses to whole-lake remediation and exotic invasions

State of Lake Ontario: Past, Present and Future

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 221-256

  Johannsson, O E ^a  

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

Author keywords

Alewife; Food web; Mysids; Nutrients; Predation

Indexed keywords

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