Changes in Lake Erie benthos over the last 50years: Historical perspectives, current status, and main drivers

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 560-573

  Burlakova, Lyubov E ^a,b   Karatayev, Alexander Y ^a   Pennuto, Christopher ^a   Mayer, Christine ^c  

^a BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic community; Biomass; Density; Dreissena; Invasive species; Structural changes

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ECOSYSTEMS; EUTROPHICATION; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EUTROPHICATION; BENTHIC COMMUNITIES; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DREISSENA; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; STRUCTURAL CHANGES;

LAKES;

BENTHOS; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE;

DREISSENA;

EID: 84907702967     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2014.02.008     Document Type: Article

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