Invasion and production of New Zealand mud snails in the Colorado River, Glen Canyon

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3033-3043

  Cross, Wyatt F ^a,b   Rosi Marshall, Emma J ^c   Behn, Kathrine E ^a   Kennedy, Theodore A ^d   Hall Jr , Robert O ^a   Fuller, A Elizabeth ^d   Baxter, Colden V ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado River; Dam; Exotic species; Nonnative species; Potamopyrgus antipodarum; Secondary production

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; DAM; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; RIVER SYSTEM; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; SNAIL;

ARIZONA; COLORADO RIVER [NORTH AMERICA]; GLEN CANYON DAM; UNITED STATES;

GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; POTAMOPYRGUS ANTIPODARUM;

EID: 77955770834     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-010-9694-y     Document Type: Article

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