Effects of an invasive bivalve (Dreissena polymorpha) on fish in the Hudson River estuary

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 924-941

  Strayer, David L ^a   Hattala, Kathryn A ^b   Kahnle, Andrew W ^b  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ICHTHYOFAUNA; MOLLUSC; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

HUDSON ESTUARY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALOSA; ALOSA SAPIDISSIMA; BIVALVIA; CENTRARCHIDAE; DREISSENA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; DREISSENIDAE; MICROPTERUS; MOLLUSCA; PERCIFORMES;

EID: 6344244631     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F04-043     Document Type: Article

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