Mute swan (Cygnus olor) impact on submerged aquatic vegetation and macroinvertebrates in a Rhode Island coastal pond

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 305-318

  Allin, Charles C ^a   Husband, Thomas P ^b  

^a RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATIDAE; ANSERIFORMES; CYGNUS OLOR; GRAMMARUS; HYDROBIA; LIMNEPHILUS; OLOR; SAN ANGELO VIRUS;

EID: 0141994547     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1092-6194(2003)010[0305:MSCOIO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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