Zebra mussel colonies and yellow perch foraging: Spatial complexity, refuges, and resource enhancement

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 256-263

  Cobb, Susan E ^a   Watzin, Mary C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphipods; Foraging; Refuge; Yellow perch; Zebra mussels

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; LAKES;

BENTHIC INVERTEBRATE DENSITIES;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FISH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; REFUGE;

GREAT LAKES; NORTH AMERICA;

AMPHIPODA; BIVALVIA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS TENTANS; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; DIPTERA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; GAMMARIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; PERCA FLAVESCENS;

EID: 0036287953     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(02)70581-9     Document Type: Article

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