Competition for food between the introduced polychaete Marenzelleria viridis (Verrill) and the native amphipod Monoporeia affinis Lindström in the Baltic Sea

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-35

  Kotta, Jonne ^a   Ólafsson, Emil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amphipod; Baltic Sea; Competition; Laboratory experiment; Macrofauna; Polychaete

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POLYCHAETE; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT;

BALTIC SEA;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; MARENZELLERIA VIRIDIS; MONOPOREIA; MONOPOREIA AFFINIS; POLYCHAETA; SPIONIDAE;

EID: 0242308016     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-1101(03)00041-8     Document Type: Article

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