Effects of the non-indigenous cladoceran Cercopagis pengoi on the lower food web of Lake Ontario

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2094-2106

  Laxson, Corey L ^a   Mcphedran, Kerry N ^b   Makarewicz, Joseph C ^a   Telesh, Irena V ^c   Macisaac, Hugh J ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^c ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cercopagis; Food web; Lake ontario; Non indigenous species; Predation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FOOD WEB; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PREDATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE ONTARIO; NORTH AMERICA;

BOSMINA; BOSMINA LONGIROSTRIS; BYTHOTREPHES; CERCOPAGIS; CERCOPAGIS PENGOI; CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA RETROCURVA; DIACYCLOPS; DIACYCLOPS THOMASI;

EID: 0347622438     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2003.01154.x     Document Type: Article

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