Spatial and temporal trends in invertebrate communities of Great Lakes coastal wetlands, with emphasis on Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 40, Issue S1, 2014, Pages 168-182

  Cooper, Matthew J ^a   Lamberti, Gary A ^a   Uzarski, Donald G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Aquatic macroinvertebrates; Fringing marsh; Great Lakes; Water quality; Wetland

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; LAKES; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER LEVELS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

AQUATIC MACROINVERTEBRATES; FRINGING MARSH; GREAT LAKES; GREAT LAKES COASTAL WETLANDS; INVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES; MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL TRENDS; WETLAND INVERTEBRATES;

WETLANDS;

AMPHIPOD; BATHYMETRY; COASTAL WETLAND; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; LAKE LEVEL; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WADER; WATER QUALITY; WATERFOWL;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE HURON; MICHIGAN; SAGINAW BAY; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIPODA; ANATIDAE; AVES; CHIRONOMIDAE; CRUSTACEA; GASTROPODA; HEXAPODA; HYALELLA AZTECA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84901268970     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2013.12.003     Document Type: Article

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