Non-indigenous invasive bivalves as ecosystem engineers

Biological Invasions

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2367-2385

  Sousa, Ronaldo ^a,b   Gutiérrez, Jorge L ^c,d,e,f   Aldridge, David C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^d Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^e Grupo de Investigación y Educación en Temas Ambientales GrIETA   (Argentina)

^f CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological impacts; Economic impacts; Ecosystem engineers; Ecosystem functioning; Non indigenous bivalves; Review

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; BIVALVE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; GRAIN SIZE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIGHT EFFECT; LITERATURE REVIEW; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SHEAR STRESS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BIVALVIA;

EID: 70350738680     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-009-9422-7     Document Type: Article

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