Effects of zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) on native bivalves: The beginning of the end or the end of the beginning?

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 111-122

  Strayer, David L ^a   Malcom, Heather M ^a  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Alien species; Biodiversity; Estuary; Extinction; Invasive species; Long term; Nonindigenous species; River; Transient dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIVALVE; BODY CONDITION; COEXISTENCE; EXTINCTION; GROWTH; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE;

HUDSON RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; DREISSENA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 33847683283     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/0887-3593(2007)26[111:EOZMDP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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