Turbidity-mediated interactions between invasive filter-feeding mussels and native bioturbating mayflies

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1602-1610

  Martin Osterling, E ^a   Bergman, Eva ^a   Greenberg, Larry A ^a   Baldwin, Brad S ^b   Mills, Edward L ^c  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Natural Resources and the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Filter feeding; Indirect environmental interactions; Mayfly; Mussels

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DREISSENA BUGENSIS; DREISSENIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; EQUUS SUBG. HIPPOTIGRIS; HEXAGENIA;

EID: 34447313897     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2007.01791.x     Document Type: Article

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