Fish predation of zebra mussels attached to Quadrula quadrula (Bivalvia: Unionidae) and benthic molluscs in a Great Lakes Coastal wetlands

Wetlands

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 203-208

  Bowers, Richard W ^a,b   de Szalay, Ferenc A ^b  

^a Edwards Pitman Environmental Inc   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dreissena polymorpha; Dreissenidae; Exclosure study; Lake Erie coastal wetland; Predation

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COASTAL WETLAND; FISH; MOLLUSC; PREDATION;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE; NORTH AMERICA;

APLODINOTUS; BIVALVIA; CORBICULIDAE; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO; DREISSENA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; DREISSENIDAE; EQUUS SUBG. HIPPOTIGRIS; GASTROPODA; ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS; MOLLUSCA; QUADRULA QUADRULA; SPHAERIIDAE (BIVALVES); UNIONIDAE;

EID: 55949093161     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2007)27[203:FPOZMA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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