Seasonal variability in the grazing potential of the invasive amphipod Gammarus tigrinus and the native amphipod Gammarus salinus (Amphipoda: Crustacea) in the northern Baltic Sea

Biological Invasions

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 597-608

  Orav Kotta, Helen ^a   Kotta, Jonne ^a   Herkül, Kristjan ^a,b   Kotta, Ilmar ^a   Paalme, Tiina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Gammarus salinus; Gammarus tigrinus; Grazing; Mesoherbivore; Nonindigenous

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOMASS; DIET; GRAZING; HOST PLANT; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MACROALGA; MACROPHYTE; NATIVE SPECIES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POPULATION DECLINE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

AMPHIPODA; CRUSTACEA; GAMMARIDAE; GAMMARIDEA; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS SALINUS; GAMMARUS TIGRINUS; PYLAIELLA LITTORALIS;

EID: 59849114495     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-008-9274-6     Document Type: Article

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