Zebra mussels mediate benthic-pelagic coupling by biodeposition and changing detrital stoichiometry

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1379-1391

  Gergs, René ^a   Rinke, Karsten ^a   Rothhaupt, Karl Otto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dreissena polymorpha; Food web; Invasive species; Organic matter; Pseudofaeces

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CRYPTOMONAS; CRYPTOMONAS EROSA; DREISSENA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; INVERTEBRATA; SCENEDESMUS; SCENEDESMUS OBLIQUUS;

EID: 66749165284     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02188.x     Document Type: Article

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