Gammarids in Lake Constance: Habitat segregation between the invasive Dikerogammarus villosus and the indigenous Gammarus roeselii

Fundamental and Applied Limnology

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 177-186

  Hesselschwerdt, John ^a   Meeker, Jasmin ^a   Wantzen, Karl Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphipoda; Characea; Crustacea; Dreissena; Habitat choice; Preference; Structural diversity

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COEXISTENCE; COLONIZATION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEAF LITTER; POPULATION DENSITY; REFUGE; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE;

BODENSEE; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

AMPHIPODA; CHARA; CHARACEA; CORBICULA; CORBICULA FLUMINEA; CRUSTACEA; DIKEROGAMMARUS VILLOSUS; DREISSENA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; GAMMARIDAE; GAMMARUS;

EID: 62549102530     PISSN: 18639135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1863-9135/2008/0173-0177     Document Type: Article

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