Are interactions among Ponto-Caspian invaders driving amphipod species replacement in the St. Lawrence River?

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 392-398

  Kestrup, Åsa ^a   Ricciardi, Anthony ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amphipod; Echinogammarus; Facilitation; Gammarus; Predation; Round goby

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; ECHINOGAMMARUS; FACILITATION; GAMMARUS; PREDATION; ROUND GOBY;

FORESTRY; LAKES; OCEAN HABITATS; RIVERS;

FISH;

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIPOD; ANTAGONISM; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIVALVE; CYPRINID; INTERSTITIAL ENVIRONMENT; LABORATORY METHOD; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; NATIVE SPECIES; PATCH USE; PERCIFORM; PREDATOR; VULNERABILITY;

NORTH AMERICA; SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER;

AMPHIPODA; APOLLONIA MELANOSTOMUS; CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; DREISSENIDAE; ECHINOGAMMARUS; ECHINOGAMMARUS ISCHNUS; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS FASCIATUS; GOBIIDAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 69249206525     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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