The invasive amphipod species Gammarus tigrinus (Sexton, 1939) can rapidly change littoral communities in the Gulf of Finland (Baltic Sea)

Aquatic Invasions

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 405-412

  Packalén, Anna ^a   Korpinen, Samuli ^b,c   Lehtonen, Kari K ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b World Wide Fund for Nature   (Finland)

^c Helsinki Commission   (Finland)

Author keywords

Baltic sea; Food web structure; Gammarus tigrinus; Invasive species; Non indigenous species

Indexed keywords

EID: 72149109128     PISSN: 17986540     EISSN: 18185487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/ai.2008.3.4.5     Document Type: Article

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