Potential roles for differential body size and microhabitat complexity in mediating biotic interactions within invasive freshwater amphipod assemblages

Fundamental and Applied Limnology

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 175-182

  MacNeil, Calum ^a   Platvoet, Dirk ^b   Dick, Jamie T A ^c  

^a Government Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphipod; Cannibalism; Dikerogammarus; Gammarus; Intraguild predation

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; BODY SIZE; CANNIBALISM; COMPLEXITY; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAKE; MICROHABITAT; POPULATION DECLINE; SIZE EFFECT;

CRUSTACEA; DIKEROGAMMARUS; DIKEROGAMMARUS VILLOSUS; DREISSENA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS TIGRINUS;

EID: 56149120441     PISSN: 18639135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1863-9135/2008/0172-0175     Document Type: Article

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