Invertebrate communities associated with a native (Vallisneria americana) and an alien (Trapa natans) macrophyte in a large river

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1938-1949

  Strayer, David L ^a   Lutz, Colleen ^a   Malcom, Heather M ^a   Munger, Krista ^a   Shaw, William H ^a  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuaries; Exotic species; Invasive species; Macroinvertebrates; Size structure

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MACROPHYTE;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CLADOCERA; INVERTEBRATA; SIDA CRYSTALLINA; TRAPA; TRAPA NATANS; VALLISNERIA; VALLISNERIA AMERICANA;

EID: 0242402044     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2003.01142.x     Document Type: Article

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