Invasive gobies in the Danube: Invasion success facilitated by availability and selection of superior food resources

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 640-649

  Polacik M ^a   Janac M ^a,b   Jurajda, P ^a   Adamek Z ^a   Ondrackova M ^a   Trichkova, T ^c   Vassilev, M ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Apollonia; Bivalvia; Food availability; Invasion success; Zebra mussel

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPODA; APOLLONIA; APOLLONIA MELANOSTOMUS; BIVALVIA; CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; DREISSENA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; GOBIIDAE; MOLLUSCA; NEOGOBIUS KESSLERI; PONTICOLA KESSLERI;

EID: 70449567223     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2009.00383.x     Document Type: Article

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