Factors influencing the phosphorus distribution near the mouth of the Grand River, Ontario, Lake Erie

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 549-564

  Chomicki, Krista M ^a   Howell, E Todd ^b   Defield, Emma ^a   Dumas, Amanda ^a   Taylor, William D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cladophora; Dreissenids; Nearshore; Nutrient dynamics; Phosphorus; Speciation

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; ECOLOGY; LAKES; MIXING; MOLLUSCS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; PHOSPHORUS;

CLADOPHORA; DREISSENIDS; NEARSHORES; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SPECIATION;

RIVERS;

BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GREEN ALGA; GROWTH RATE; INORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; MOLLUSC; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; RESUSPENSION; RIVER PLUME; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

CANADA; GRAND RIVER [ONTARIO]; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE; ONTARIO [CANADA];

CLADOPHORA; DREISSENIDAE;

EID: 84975499432     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2016.03.014     Document Type: Article

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