The predatory impact of the freshwater invader Dikerogammarus villosus on native Gammarus pulex (Crustacea: Amphipoda); influences of differential microdistribution and food resources

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 267, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-38

  MacNeil, Calum ^a,b   Platvoet, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Government Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphipod; Dikerogammarus villosus; Gammarus pulex; Intraguild predation; Invader

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COEXISTENCE; NATIVE SPECIES; PREDATION;

AMPHIPODA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CRUSTACEA; DIKEROGAMMARUS VILLOSUS; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS DUEBENI; GAMMARUS PULEX; GAMMARUS TIGRINUS;

EID: 26244453881     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836905007351     Document Type: Article

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