The impacts of a nonindigenous marine predator in a California bay

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1206-1224

  Grosholz, Edwin D ^a   Ruiz, Gregory M ^b   Dean, Cheryl A ^c   Shirley, Kim A ^c   Maron, John L ^c   Connors, Peter G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinus maenas; European green crab; Food webs; Hemigrapsus oregonesis; Indirect effects; Nonindigenous species; Nutricola spp.; Predation; Shorebirds; Trophic levels

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FOOD WEB; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; CARCINUS MAENAS; DECAPODA; EXOGENE; LEPTOCHELIA DUBIA; LUMBRINERIS; NUTRICOLA CONFUSA; NUTRICOLA TANTILLA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0033923262     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[1206:TIOANM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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