Invasion by the amphipod Gammarus pulex alters community composition of native freshwater macroinvertebrates

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 525-534

  Kelly, David W ^a,b   Bailey, Roberta J ^a   MacNeil, Calum ^a   Dick, Jaimie T A ^a   McDonald, Robbie A ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amphipod; Biodiversity; Biological invasions; Gammarus; Macroinvertebrate community; Species richness

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NATIVE SPECIES; RIVER; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LISSAN RIVER; NORTHERN IRELAND; TYRONE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS DUEBENI CELTICUS; GAMMARUS PULEX;

EID: 33747416410     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1366-9516.2006.00275.x     Document Type: Article

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