Has the invasive round goby caused new links in Baltic food webs?

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-93

  Almqvist, Gustaf ^a,b   Strandmark, Alma K ^b   Appelberg, Magnus ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Institute of Coastal Research   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diet; Gadus morhua; Neogobius melanostomus; Perca fluviatilis; Stable isotopes; Trophic levels

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; DIET; DOMINANCE; FOOD WEB; INVASIVE SPECIES; PERCIFORM; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GULF OF GDANSK;

APOLLONIA MELANOSTOMUS; GADIDAE; GADUS MORHUA; GOBIIDAE; NEOGOBIUS; PERCA FLUVIATILIS;

EID: 77955430864     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-010-9692-z     Document Type: Article

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