Effects of introduced fish on macroinvertebrate communities in historically fishless headwater and kettle lakes

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3030-3038

  Schilling, Emily Gaenzle ^a   Loftin, Cynthia S ^a   Huryn, Alexander D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Fisheries management; Freshwater; Non native species; Predation; Stocking

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE INDEX; BIOINDICATOR; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATION RISK; STOCKING DENSITY; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CENTRARCHIDAE; CYPRINIDAE; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 70350568169     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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