Invertivory by northern pike (Esox lucius) structures communities of littoral macroinvertebrates in small boreal lakes

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 904-918

  Venturelli, Paul A ^a,b   Tonn, William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta; Disturbance; Erpobdellidae; Gammarus; Mesocosm; Predation; Principal components analysis; Randomized intervention analysis; Whole lake

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEB; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PREDATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

AMPHIPODA; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; ERPOBDELLIDAE; ESOX LUCIUS; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS LACUSTRIS; HIRUDINIDA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 28844474918     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/04-128.1     Document Type: Article

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