From bait shops to the forest floor: Earthworm use and disposal by anglers

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 321-328

  Keller, Reuben P ^a   Cox, Annie N ^a   Van Loon, Christine ^a   Lodge, David M ^a   Herborg, Leif Matthias ^b,c   Rothlisberger, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^c FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAIT; EARTHWORM; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FLOOR; INVASIVE SPECIES; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36048939685     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2007)158[321:FBSTTF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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