A long-term rusty crayfish (Orconectes rusticus) invasion: Dispersal patterns and community change in a north temperate lake

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2255-2266

  Wilson, Karen A ^a,e   Magnuson, John J ^a   Lodge, David M ^b   Hill, Anna M ^c   Kratz, Timothy K ^a   Perry, William L ^d   Willis, Theodore V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE   (United States)

^d ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRAYFISH; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

NORTH AMERICA; TROUT LAKE; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WISCONSIN; WORLD;

AMPHIPODA; ASTACOIDEA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; GASTROPODA; ODONATA; ORCONECTES RUSTICUS; PISCES; SALMONIDAE; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 17144387026     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F04-170     Document Type: Article

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