Mechanisms underlying amphipod responses to zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) invasion and implications for fish-amphipod interactions

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 679-685

  González, María J ^a   Downing, Amy ^a,b  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE ERIE; NORTH AMERICA;

AMPHIPODA; BIVALVIA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA;

EID: 0032788111     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f98-211     Document Type: Article

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