Macroinvertebrate production in the submerged aquatic vegetation of the mobile-tensaw delta: Effects of an exotic species at the base of an estuarine food web

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 319-332

  Chaplin, Glen I ^a,b,c   Valentine, John F ^a  

^a DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphipods; Fractal dimension, Gammarus, Gulf of Mexico, Heteranthera, Myriophyllum, Gulf of Mexico, Plant morphology; Vallisneria

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; AQUATIC PLANT; COEXISTENCE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FOOD WEB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SUBMERGED VEGETATION;

ALABAMA; MOBILE-TENSAW DELTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIPODA; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS MUCRONATUS; HETERANTHERA; HETERANTHERA DUBIA; INVERTEBRATA; MYRIOPHYLLUM; MYRIOPHYLLUM SPICATUM; VALLISNERIA; VALLISNERIA AMERICANA;

EID: 60449088705     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-008-9117-9     Document Type: Article

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