The effects of 2 coexisting crayfish on an Appalachian river community

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 113-122

  Helms, Brian S ^a,b   Creed, Robert P ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cambarus; Community structure; Crayfish; Detritivory; Diet analysis; Omnivory; Orconectes; Sediment processing

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRAYFISH; DETRITIVORY; ENCLOSURE EXPERIMENT; OMNIVORY; RIVER;

NEW RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; ASTACOIDEA; CALOPTERYX MACULATA; CAMBARIDAE; CAMBARUS; CAMBARUS CHASMODACTYLUS; CHIRONOMIDAE; COPEPODA; INVERTEBRATA; ORCONECTES; ORCONECTES CRISTAVARIUS; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 14344261897     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/0887-3593(2005)024<0113:TEOCCO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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