Benthic macroinvertebrate communities in southwestern Lake Ontario following invasion of Dreissena and Echinogammarus: 1983 to 2000

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 148-167

  Haynes, James M ^a   Tisch, Nancy A ^b,d   Mayer, Christine M ^c,e   Rhyne, Randall S ^a,d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Toledo ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthos; Dreissena; Echinogammarus; Lake Ontario; Temporal change

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; REEF; ZOOBENTHOS;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE ONTARIO; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AMPHIPODA; BITHYNIA TENTACULATA; BITHYNIIDAE; BIVALVIA; CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; DREISSENA; DREISSENA BUGENSIS; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; DREISSENIDAE; ECHINOGAMMARUS; ECHINOGAMMARUS ISCHNUS; ELIMIA LIVESCENS; GAMMARIDAE; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS FASCIATUS; GASTROPODA; LYMNAEIDAE; MUSCULIUM PARTUMEIUM; NEOGOBIUS MELANOSTOMUS; PHYSELLA; PHYSIDAE; PLEUROCERIDAE; STAGNICOLA CATASCOPIUM; TENTACULATA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 14344266822     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/0887-3593(2005)024<0148:BMCISL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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