A novel method for tracking western Lake Erie Microcystis blooms, 2002-2011

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 83-89

  Bridgeman, Thomas B ^a   Chaffin, Justin D ^a   Filbrun, Jesse E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Eutrophication; Harmful algal blooms; Lake Erie; Microcystis

Indexed keywords

BIOVOLUMES; CELL COUNT; CYANOBACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIAL BLOOMS; CYANOBACTERIUM; FLOTATION METHOD; FLOTATION SEPARATION; HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS; HIGH VARIABILITY; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; LAKE ERIE; LONG-TERM TREND; MICROCYSTIS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; MICROCYSTIS BLOOMS; MICROCYSTIS CELLS; PAST AND PRESENT; PLANKTON TOWS; SAMPLING VOLUME; SITE-SPECIFIC; WATER SAMPLES;

EUTROPHICATION; FLOTATION; OCEAN HABITATS; PLANKTON;

LAKES;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMASS; CYANOBACTERIUM; DOMINANCE; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; TOXIC ORGANISM; TRACKING;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84873746093     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2012.11.004     Document Type: Article

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