Effects of the invasive bivalve Corbicula fluminea on settling juveniles and other benthic taxa

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 673-680

  Werner, Stefan ^a   Rothhaupt, Karl Otto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asian clam; Chemical cue; Dreissena polymorpha; Ecosystem engineering; Ephemeroptera; Hard substrate; Macroinvertebrate

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIVALVE; CHEMICAL CUE; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; HABITAT SELECTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; JUVENILE; MASS MORTALITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; LAKE CONSTANCE;

BIVALVIA; CAENIS; CORBICULA; CORBICULA FLUMINEA; DREISSENA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; EPHEMEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 35948996259     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/07-017R.1     Document Type: Article

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