The replacement of a native freshwater amphipod by an invader: Roles for environmental degradation and intraguild predation

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1627-1635

  MacNeil, Calum ^a,d   Prenter, John ^a   Briffa, Mark ^a   Fielding, Nina J ^a   Dick, Jaimie T A ^a   Riddell, Gillian E ^a   Hatcher, Melanie J ^b   Dunn, Alison M ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d Isle of Man Government Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; WATER QUALITY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

AMPHIPODA; CRUSTACEA; GAMMARUS DUEBENI; GAMMARUS DUEBENI CELTICUS; GAMMARUS PULEX; PULEX;

EID: 12744263179     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F04-091     Document Type: Article

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