Benthic and planktonic primary production along a nutrient gradient in Green Bay, Lake Michigan, USA

Freshwater Science

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 487-498

  Althouse, Bryan ^a   Higgins, Scott ^a,b   Zanden, M Jake Vander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autotrophic structure; Benthic primary production; Cladophora; Dreissenids; Eutrophication; Green Bay; Lake Michigan; Laurentian Great Lakes; Nutrients; Planktonic primary production

Indexed keywords

AUTOTROPHY; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; EUTROPHICATION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

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

EID: 84903642897     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/676314     Document Type: Article

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