Scale-dependent effects of zebra mussels on benthic invertebrates in a large eutrophic lake

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 616-633

  Mayer, C M ^a,b   Keats, R A ^a   Rudstam, L G ^a   Mills, E L ^a  

^a Department of Natural Resources and the Environment   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic invertebrates; Habitat modification; Spatial scale; Species introduction; Zebra mussel

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MOLLUSC; ORGANIC MATTER; REFUGE;

NEW YORK; ONEIDA LAKE; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; BIVALVIA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0036893975     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468434     Document Type: Article

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