Macroinvertebrate communities on hard substrates in western Lake Erie: Structuring effects of Dreissena

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 868-879

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

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Community structure; Dreissena; Particulate organic matter; Species diversity; Species interactions; Structural complexity

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE ERIE; NORTH AMERICA;

ALBOGLOSSIPHONIA HETEROCLITA; AMNICOLA LIMOSA; AMPHIPODA; BIVALVIA; CHIRONOMIDAE; DICROTENDIPES NEOMODESTUS; DIPTERA; DREISSENA BUGENSIS; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; DUGESIA TIGRINA; ECHINOGAMMARUS ISCHNUS; GASTROPODA; HIRUDINEA; HYDROPTILA WAUBESIANA; HYDROZOA; MICROTENDIPES PEDELLUS; PHYSELLA INTEGRA; TRICHOPTERA; TRICLADIDA;

EID: 0032453306     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(98)70868-8     Document Type: Article

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