An experimental analysis of crayfish (Orconectes rusticus) effects on a Dreissena-dominated benthic macroinvertebrate community in western Lake Erie

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1043-1050

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

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENERGETICS; MACROBENTHOS; PREDATION; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE ERIE; NORTH AMERICA;

BIVALVIA; DECAPODA; DREISSENA; GAMMARUS FASCIATUS; ORCONECTES RUSTICUS;

EID: 0031847125     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f98-022     Document Type: Article

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