Re-engineering the eastern Lake Erie littoral food web: The trophic function of non-indigenous Ponto-Caspian species

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 224-231

  Campbell, Linda M ^a   Thacker, Robert ^b   Barton, David ^c   Muir, Derek C G ^d   Greenwood, Dixie ^e   Hecky, Robert E ^f  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphipods; Dreissena; Round goby; Smallmouth bass; Stable isotopes; Yellow perch

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPODS; DREISSENA; ROUND GOBY; SMALLMOUTH BASS; STABLE ISOTOPES; YELLOW PERCH;

ECOLOGY; FOOD ADDITIVES; LAKES; NUTRITION; SAMPLING;

ISOTOPES;

AMPHIPOD; BIVALVE; DIET; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WEB; INVASIVE SPECIES; MASS BALANCE; OMNIVORY; PERCIFORM; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY PREFERENCE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

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

ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; AMBLOPLITES; AMPHIPODA; APLODINOTUS; APOLLONIA MELANOSTOMUS; CHIRONOMIDAE; DREISSENA; DREISSENA BUGENSIS; ECHINOGAMMARUS ISCHNUS; MICROPTERUS DOLOMIEU; MORONE AMERICANA; MORONE CHRYSOPS; PERCA; SALMO TRUTTA; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 67349219734     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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