Do dreissenid mussels affect lake erie ecosystem stability processes?

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 20-32

  Conroy, Joseph D ^a   Culver, David A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; INVASIVE SPECIES; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

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

CYANOBACTERIA; DREISSENIDAE;

EID: 21244469438     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2005)153[0020:DDMALE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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