Response of anchovies dampens effects of the invasive bivalve Corbula amurensis on the San Francisco Estuary foodweb

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 324, Issue , 2006, Pages 207-218

  Kimmerer, W J ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anchovy; Estuary; Foodweb; Introduced species

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BIVALVE; FISH; FOOD WEB; GRAZING; INVASIVE SPECIES;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; BIVALVIA; CORBULA; ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS MORDAX; MYSIDA;

EID: 33845271472     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps324207     Document Type: Article

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