Phytoplankton communities in Green Bay, Lake Michigan after invasion by dreissenid mussels: Increased dominance by cyanobacteria

Diversity

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 681-704

  De Stasio, Bart T ^a   Schrimpf, Michael B ^a,b   Cornwell, Brendan H ^a,c  

^a LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Diversity; Dreissena; Green bay; Phytoplankton; Zebra mussel

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; MOLLUSC; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

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

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DREISSENA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; DREISSENA ROSTRIFORMIS; DREISSENIDAE; EQUUS QUAGGA; EQUUS SUBG. HIPPOTIGRIS; MICROCYSTIS;

EID: 84920137889     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14242818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/d6040681     Document Type: Article

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