Changes in the benthic fauna of Lake Ontario 1990-1995, with local trends after 1981

State of Lake Ontario: Past, Present and Future

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 323-345

  Dennott, R ^a   Geminiuc, M ^a  

^a GREAT LAKES LABORATORY FOR FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diporeia; Dreissena; Food web; Gastropoda; Oligo chaeta; Sphaeriidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 85058769771     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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