To conquer and persist: Colonization and population development of the Ponto-Caspian amphipods Dikerogammarus villosus and Chelicorophium curvispinum on bare stone substrate in the main channel of the River Rhine

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-39

  Van Riel, M C ^a,c   Van Der Velde, G ^a,c   Bij De Vaate, A ^b,c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b INST INLAND WATER MGMT WASTE W   (Netherlands)

^c Netherlands Centre for River Studies NCR   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amphipods; Colonization; Drift; Invaders; Population development

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; COLONIZATION; DRIFT BEHAVIOR; JUVENILE; POPULATION GROWTH; REPRODUCTION; RIVER CHANNEL; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBSTRATE; WATER COLUMN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; RHINE RIVER;

AMPHIPODA; CHELICOROPHIUM CURVISPINUM; DIKEROGAMMARUS VILLOSUS;

EID: 33745766041     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2006/0166-0023     Document Type: Article

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