A decade after invasion: Evaluating the continuing effects of rusty crayfish on a Michigan river

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 265-275

  Bobeldyk, Angela M ^a   Lamberti, Gary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Invasive species; Orconectes rusticus; Rusty crayfish; Stream food web

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; LAKES; WEB CRAWLER;

BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; DOWNSTREAM DISTANCES; INVASIVE SPECIES; LONGITUDINAL SURVEYS; ORCONECTES RUSTICUS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RUSTY CRAYFISH; STREAM FOOD WEB;

SHELLFISH;

BENTHOS; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRAYFISH; DETECTION METHOD; FOOD WEB; INVASIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; ASTACOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; ORCONECTES RUSTICUS;

EID: 46849106730     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3394/0380-1330(2008)34[265:ADAIET]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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