Fouling mussels (Dreissena spp.) colonize soft sediments in Lake Erie and facilitate benthic invertebrates

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 85-97

  Bially, Andrew ^a   MacIsaac, Hugh J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Disturbance ecology; Dreissena; Great Lakes; Mussel beds

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; HABITAT SELECTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECRUITMENT;

DREISSENA BUGENSIS; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA;

EID: 0033978311     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2000.00526.x     Document Type: Article

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