Invading crayfish in a Michigan stream: Direct and indirect effects on periphyton and macroinvertebrates

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 551-563

  Charlebois, Patrice M ^a,b   Lamberti, Gary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

crayfish; enclosure exclosure; exotic species; food webs; macroinvertebrates; Orconectes rusticus; periphyton; stream; trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

ASTACOIDEA; ORCONECTES RUSTICUS;

EID: 0030454936     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1467806     Document Type: Article

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