Quantifying mechanisms for zebra mussel effects on benthic macroinvertebrates: Organic matter production and shell-generated habitat

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 81-94

  Stewart, Timothy W ^a   Miner, Jeffrey G ^a   Lowe, Rex L ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acarina; Amphipoda; Benthic macroinvertebrates; Benthic organic matter; Dugesia tigrina; Gammarus fasciatus; Hydridase; Lake Erie; Microtendipes pedellus; Physella; Rocky substrates; Zebra mussels

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC COMMUNITY; BIOMASS; DENSITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; ORGANIC MATTER; SHELL; SUBSTRATE; ZEBRA MUSSEL;

GREAT LAKES; NORTH AMERICA;

ACARI; AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; ASTACOIDEA; BIVALVIA; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; DUGESIA TIGRINA; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS FASCIATUS; GASTROPODA; GIRARDIA TIGRINA; HYDRIDAE; MICROTENDIPES; MICROTENDIPES PEDELLUS; PHYSELLA; PISCES; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 0031833577     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468053     Document Type: Article

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