Impacts of Dreissena invasions on benthic macroinvertebrate communities: A meta-analysis: Biodiversity research

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 155-165

  Ward, Jessica M ^a   Ricciardi, Anthony ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biological invasions; Ecosystem engineer; Exotic species; Facilitation; Freshwater ecosystems; Statistical models; Zebra mussel; Zoobenthos

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIVALVE; MACROBENTHOS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; META-ANALYSIS; POPULATION DENSITY;

AMPHIPODA; BIVALVIA; DIPOREIA; DREISSENA; DREISSENA BUGENSIS; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; DREISSENIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; GAMMARIDEA; GASTROPODA; HIRUDINEA; HIRUDINIDA; INVERTEBRATA; PLATYHELMINTHES; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 33847385028     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2007.00336.x     Document Type: Article

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