The invasive cladoceran Cercopagis pengoi is a generalist predator capable of feeding on a variety of prey species of different sizes and escape abilities

Fundamental and Applied Limnology

Volumn 173, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 267-279

  Pichlová Ptácníková, Radka ^a,b   Vanderploeg, Henry A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NOAA GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cercopagis pengoi; Consumption rates; Invasive species; Predatory cladoceran

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRUSTACEAN; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INVASIVE SPECIES; PREDATION; PREY SIZE; ZOOPLANKTON;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA;

CERCOPAGIS; CERCOPAGIS PENGOI; COPEPODA; DREISSENA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA;

EID: 62749167070     PISSN: 18639135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1863-9135/2009/0173-0267     Document Type: Article

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