Impacts of zebra mussel invasion on offshore sediments of western Lake Erie / J.P. Coakley, Glenn R. Brown, Stefan E. Ioannou, and Murray N. Charlton. : En13-5/96-77E-PDF

"Zebra mussels (Dreissena) have expanded rapidly throughout most of the Laurentian Great Lakes since their release in 1986. These exotic mollusks now occur in great numbers on the bottom of western Lake Erie where they are now found increasingly in deeper areas of the basin Erie (average depth: 10 m), on soft, muddy substrates. This study is aimed at quantifying the density and the distribution patterns of mussel colonization in the basin as a first step in investigating the effect on key sediment properties of such an abrupt change in benthic community structure. By linking their distribution with substrate properties, we hope to identify key processes and controls on colonization"--Abstract.

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Ministère/Organisme Canada. Environment Canada.
Canada. Water Science and Technology Directorate.
University of Toronto. Dept. of Geology.
National Water Research Institute (Canada)
Titre Impacts of zebra mussel invasion on offshore sediments of western Lake Erie / J.P. Coakley, Glenn R. Brown, Stefan E. Ioannou, and Murray N. Charlton.
Titre de la série NWRI contribution ; 96-77
Type de publication Série - Voir l'enregistrement principal
Langue [Anglais]
Format Électronique
Document électronique
Note(s) Digitized edition from print [produced by Environment and Climate Change Canada].
Includes bibliographical references.
Information sur la publication [Ottawa] : Environment Canada, Water Science and Technology Directorate = Environnement Canada, Direction générale des sciences et de la technologie, eau, [1997]
Auteur / Contributeur Coakley, J. P. author.(John Phillip), 1940-
Brown, Glenn R. (Glenn Russell)author.
Ioannou, Stefan E. (Stefan Edward), 1975- author.
Charlton, Murray N., author.
Description 1 online resource (2 unnumbered pages, pages 623-632) : illustrations, maps.
Numéro de catalogue
  • En13-5/96-77E-PDF
Descripteurs Lakes
Invasive species
Molluscs
Sediments
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