Invasion of the upper Mississippi River system by saltwater amphipods

Fundamental and Applied Limnology

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-77

  Grigorovich, Igor A ^a   Angradi, Ted R ^b   Emery, Erich B ^c   Wooten, Matthew S ^d  

^a Wilson Environmental Laboratories Inc   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission   (United States)

^d Northern Kentucky Sanitation Dist No 1 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Amphipod; Apocorophium lacustre; Echinogammarus ischnus; Gammarus tigrinus; Invasive species; Ohio river; Upper Mississippi River

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPHIPOD; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; FOOD WEB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; ZOOBENTHOS;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO RIVER; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIPODA; COROPHIIDAE; ECHINOGAMMARUS ISCHNUS; GAMMARIDEA; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS TIGRINUS;

EID: 62549149510     PISSN: 18639135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1863-9135/2008/0173-0067     Document Type: Article

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