Direct and indirect effects of exotic bass and bluegill on exotic and native organisms in farm ponds

Ecological Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 638-650

  Maezono, Yasunori ^a   Kobayashi, Raita ^a   Kusahara, Miki ^a   Miyashita, Tadashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bluegill; Eradication; Indirect effect; Largemouth bass; Lepomis macrochirus; Micropterus salmoides; Native; Oligochaete; Procambarus clarkii; Top down effect; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIBILITY; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC CASCADE;

ANNELIDA; ASTACOIDEA; CHIRONOMIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); PROCAMBARUS CLARKII;

EID: 15944401046     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-5386     Document Type: Article

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