Differential influence of a monotypic and diverse native aquatic plant bed on a macroinvertebrate assemblage; an experimental implication of exotic plant induced habitat

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 600, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-87

  Theel, Heather J ^a   Dibble, Eric D ^a   Madsen, John D ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat complexity; Heterogeneity; Hydrilla verticillata; Macroinvertebrate plant interaction

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; DATA REDUCTION; ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; FOOD PRODUCTS;

EXOTIC PLANT INDUCED HABITATS; FOOD WEBS; PHYTOPHILIC FISHES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AQUATIC PLANT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD WEB; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVASIVE SPECIES; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NATIVE SPECIES; PERCIFORM; POND; PREDATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

HYDRILLA VERTICILLATA; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; PISCES;

EID: 40549131641     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-9177-z     Document Type: Article

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