Hydrological control of filamentous green algae in a large fluvial lake (Lake Saint-Pierre, St. Lawrence River, Canada)

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 409-419

  Cattaneo, Antonella ^a   Hudon, Christiane ^b   Vis, Chantal ^a,c   Gagnon, Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cladophora; Climate; Hydrodictyon; Metaphyton; Oedogonium; Water level

Indexed keywords

CLADOPHORA; CLIMATE; HYDRODICTYON; METAPHYTON; OEDOGONIUM;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LAKES; NUTRIENTS; WATER LEVELS; WATER QUALITY;

ALGAE;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FILAMENTOUS ALGA; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

CANADA; LAC SAINT PIERRE; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER;

CHLOROPHYTA; CLADOPHORA; HYDRODICTYON; OEDOGONIUM; SPIROGYRA;

EID: 84883224894     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2013.06.005     Document Type: Article

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