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Diatoms abound in ice-covered Lake Erie: An investigation of offshore winter limnology in Lake Erie over the period 2007 to 2010

Authors :
Nigel A. D'souza
Hunter J. Carrick
Steven W. Wilhelm
Michael R. Twiss
Paula Furey
Jennifer G. Winter
Robert Michael L. McKay
Aubrey R. Lashaway
George S. Bullerjahn
Richard A. Bourbonniere
Ralph E. H. Smith
Matthew A. Saxton
Source :
Journal of Great Lakes Research. 38:18-30
Publication Year :
2012
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2012.

Abstract

The limnology of offshore Lake Erie during periods of extensive (> 70%) ice cover was examined from ship borne sampling efforts in 2007 to 2010, inclusive. Dense and discrete accumulations of the centric filamentous diatom Aulacoseria islandica (> 10 μg Chl- a /L) were located in the isothermal (

Details

ISSN :
03801330
Volume :
38
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of Great Lakes Research
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........bfc60269cbd548caba5416270e20c7d2
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2011.12.008