Invasion of an estuarine transition zone by Dreissena polymorpha veligers had no detectable effect on zooplankton community structure

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 578-592

  Winkler, Gesche ^a   Sirois, Pascal ^b   Johnson, Ladd E ^a   Dodson, Julian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIVALVE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; ZOOPLANKTON;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAINT LAWRENCE ESTUARY; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BOSMINA LONGIROSTRIS; COPEPODA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; EURYTEMORA AFFINIS; ROTIFERA;

EID: 21344433634     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f04-230     Document Type: Article

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