Impacts of hydrodynamics and benthic communities on phytoplankton distributions in a large, dreissenid-colonized lake (Lake Simcoe, Ontario, Canada)

Inland Waters

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 269-284

  Schwalb, Astrid N ^a   Bouffard, Damien ^b,c   Ozersky, Ted ^a,d   Boegman, Leon ^b   Smith, Ralph E H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic grazers; Benthic pelagic coupling; Dreissenid mussels; Hydrodynamics; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

DREISSENIDAE;

EID: 84875189634     PISSN: 20442041     EISSN: 2044205X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5268/IW-3.2.596     Document Type: Article

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