A field experiment to determine Dreissena and predator effects on zoobenthos in a nearshore, rocky habitat of western Lake Erie

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 488-498

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

^a LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cage effects; Community structure; Negative interactions; Positive interactions; Predation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MOLLUSC; PREDATOR; ZOOBENTHOS;

GREAT LAKES(LAKE ERIE); UNITED STATES;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; CHIRONOMIDAE; DREISSENA; DREISSENA BUGENSIS; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; ECHINOGAMMARUS; ECHINOGAMMARUS ISCHNUS; EQUUS QUAGGA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0033390081     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468381     Document Type: Article

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