Resource contributions from dreissenid mussels to the benthic algae Lyngbya wollei (Cyanobacteria) and Cladophora glomerata (Chlorophyta)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 763, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 35-51

  Armenio, Patricia M ^a,b   Mayer, Christine M ^a   Heckathorn, Scott A ^a   Bridgeman, Thomas B ^a   Panek, Sarah E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algal bloom; Lake Erie; Nutrient; Phosphorus; Quagga mussels; Zebra mussels

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BENTHOS; BIVALVE; COEXISTENCE; CYANOBACTERIUM; GREEN ALGA; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOMASS; POTASSIUM; SULFUR;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE; LAURENTIAN MOUNTAINS; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CLADOPHORA GLOMERATA; CYANOBACTERIA; DREISSENA; DREISSENA BUGENSIS; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; DREISSENIDAE; EQUUS SUBG. HIPPOTIGRIS; LYNGBYA WOLLEI;

EID: 84948584051     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-015-2357-3     Document Type: Article

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