Native fish diversity alters the effects of an invasive species on food webs

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2965-2974

  Carey, Michael P ^a,b   Wahl, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Common carp; Cyprinus carpio; Food webs; Illinois, USA; Invasion; Invasive species

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CYPRINID; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOOD WEB; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MESOCOSM; NATIVE SPECIES; PHOSPHORUS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVERTEBRATE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; TIME;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CHLOROPHYLL; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVERTEBRATES; PHYTOPLANKTON; TIME FACTORS;

ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO;

EID: 77957724605     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1213.1     Document Type: Article

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