Predatory interactions between the invasive amphipod Gammarus tigrinus and the native opossum shrimp Mysis relicta

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 393-405

  Bailey, Roberta J E ^a   Dick, Jaimie T A ^a   Elwood, Robert W ^a   MacNeil, Calum ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphipod; Facilitation; Lough Neagh; Microhabitat; Molt; Mysid; Oxygen; Predation

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; HABITAT USE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NATIVE SPECIES; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LOUGH NEAGH; NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DIDELPHIDAE; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS TIGRINUS; MYSIDA; MYSIS RELICTA;

EID: 33744831478     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/0887-3593(2006)25[393:PIBTIA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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