Effects of fathead minnows and restoration on prairie wetland ecosystems

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2071-2086

  Zimmer, Kyle D ^a   Hanson, Mark A ^b   Butler, Malcolm G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic invertebrates; Food webs; Prairie potholes; Turbid water state; Wetland restoration

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; FISH; FOOD WEB; HABITAT RESTORATION; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA;

AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM; AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; CALANOIDA; CAUDATA; COPEPODA; CYPRINIFORMES; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; OSTRACODA; PANTHERA TIGRIS; PIMEPHALES; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 0036829770     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2002.00952.x     Document Type: Article

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