Interactions between native juvenile burbot (Lota lota) and the invasive spinycheek crayfish (Orconectes limosus) in a large European lake

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2636-2643

  Hirsch, Philipp Emanuel ^a,c   Fischer, Philipp ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BLOOD; CRAYFISH; GADOID; INVASIVE SPECIES; JUVENILE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MESOCOSM; NATIVE SPECIES; NICHE OVERLAP; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; TAGGING;

BODENSEE; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

ASTACOIDEA; LOTA; LOTA LOTA; ORCONECTES LIMOSUS;

EID: 58149092514     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F08-162     Document Type: Article

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