Food web interactions between larval bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) and exotic zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 497-504

  Raikow, David F ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MESOCOSM; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

BIVALVIA; COPEPODA; DREISSENA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; DREISSENIDAE; LEPOMIS; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; ROTIFERA;

EID: 2642560610     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f03-171     Document Type: Article

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