Invasive species impacts on ecosystem structure and function: A comparison of Oneida Lake, New York, USA, before and after zebra mussel invasion

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 3194-3209

  Miehls, Andrea L Jaeger ^a,b   Mason, Doran M ^a,b   Frank, Kenneth A ^a   Krause, Ann E ^c   Peacor, Scott D ^a   Taylor, William W ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological network analysis; Ecosystem function; Ecosystem structure; Exotic species; Oneida Lake; Social network analysis; Zebra mussels

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; EXOTIC SPECIES; ONEIDA LAKE; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; ZEBRA MUSSELS;

ADHESION; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; FOOD ADDITIVES; LAKES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

COHESION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INVASIVE SPECIES; MUSSEL CULTURE; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PERTURBATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; ONEIDA LAKE; UNITED STATES;

DREISSENA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA;

EID: 70350099054     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.07.020     Document Type: Article

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