The Lake Ontario ecosystem: An overview of current status and future directions

Authors

  • M. A. Koops Great Lakes Laboratory for Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Burlington, Ontario, Canada
  • M. Munawar Great Lakes Laboratory for Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Burlington, Ontario, Canada
  • L. G. Rudstam Department of Natural Resources and the Cornell Biological Field Station, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

Abstract

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Published

2015-01-02