Effects of invasive macrophytes on littoral-zone productivity and foodweb dynamics in a New Zealand high-country lake

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 300-320

  Kelly, David J ^a   Hawes, Ian ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adventive macrophytes; Benthic fish; Benthic invertebrates; Elodea canadensis; Food web; Gobiomorphus cotidanus; Lagarosiphon major; Littoral zone; Potamopyrgus antipodarum; Productivity; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOOD WEB; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROPHYTE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; LAKE WANAKA; NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND; WORLD;

ACHILLEA; ANNELIDA; CHARACEAE; CHARALES; CHIRONOMIDAE; ELODEA CANADENSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; EPIPHYTON; GASTROPODA; GOBIOMORPHUS; GOBIOMORPHUS COTIDIANUS; HYDROCHARITACEAE; INVERTEBRATA; ISOETALES; LAGAROSIPHON MAJOR; NEMATODA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); POTAMOPYRGUS ANTIPODARUM; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 18944371975     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/03-097.1     Document Type: Article

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