The role of omnivorous crayfish in littoral communities

Oecologia

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 150-159

  Dorn, Nathan J ^a,b   Wojdak, Jeremy M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Chara; Omnivory; Orconectes virilis; Pond

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRAYFISH; OMNIVORY; PREDATOR; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ALGA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CRAYFISH; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; PHYSIOLOGY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; ASTACOIDEA; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHES; FRESH WATER; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; ASTACOIDEA; CHARA; CHARA VULGARIS; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; ORCONECTES; ORCONECTES VIRILIS;

EID: 3142526808     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1548-9     Document Type: Article

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