Wave exposure and hydrologic connectivity create diversity in habitat and zooplankton assemblages at nearshore Long Point Bay, Lake Erie

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 56-65

  Thomasen, Sarah ^a   Gilbert, Janice ^b   Chow Fraser, Patricia ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cladocera; Connectivity; Exposure; Rotifera; Wetlands; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

CLADOCERA; CONNECTIVITY; EXPOSURE; ROTIFERA; ZOOPLANKTON;

STREAM FLOW; VEGETATION;

WETLANDS;

ABUNDANCE; BAY; COASTAL WETLAND; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONNECTIVITY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; INVERTEBRATE; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UNESCO; WAVE FIELD; ZOOPLANKTON;

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

CLADOCERA; POLYARTHRA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 84873746881     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2012.12.014     Document Type: Article

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