Alien vs. endemic crayfish: Roles of species identity in ecosystem functioning

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-21

  Usio, Nisikawa ^a   Suzuki, Kana ^b   Konishi, Motoharu ^b   Nakano, Shigeru ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cambaroides japonicus; Ecosystem process; Exotic species; Functional redundancy; Leaf processing; Nutrient cycling; Pacifastacus leniusculus; Signal crayfish

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRAYFISH; DETRITUS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD WEB; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEAF LITTER; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; REPLACEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

AMPHIPODA; ASTACOIDEA; CAMBAROIDES; CAMBAROIDES JAPONICUS; INVERTEBRATA; PACIFASTACUS; PACIFASTACUS LENIUSCULUS;

EID: 33745795061     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2006/0166-0001     Document Type: Article

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