Predicting habitat use and trophic interactions of Eurasian ruffe, round gobies, and zebra mussels in nearshore areas of the Great Lakes

Biological Invasions

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 667-678

  Bauer, Candice R ^a,b   Bobeldyk, Angela M ^a   Lamberti, Gary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic species; Benthic; Competition; Exotic species; Fishes; Habitat preference; Nonindigenous species; North America; Species interactions

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIVALVE; FINFISH; FOOD WEB; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LABORATORY METHOD; MESOCOSM; TROPHIC INTERACTION; ZOOBENTHOS;

GREAT LAKES; NORTH AMERICA;

APOLLONIA MELANOSTOMUS; BIVALVIA; CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; DREISSENA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; GOBIIDAE; GYMNOCEPHALUS CERNUUS; INVERTEBRATA; NEOGOBIUS; PISCES;

EID: 34547851617     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-006-9067-8     Document Type: Article

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