Status of non-indigenous benthic invertebrates in the Duluth-Superior Harbor and the role of sampling methods in their detection

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 747-756

  Trebitz, Anett S ^a   West, Corlis W ^a   Hoffman, Joel C ^a   Kelly, John R ^a   Peterson, Gregory S ^a   Grigorovich, Igor A ^b,c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b Wilson Environmental Laboratories Inc   (United States)

^c Canada North Environmental Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benthos; First detection; Gear effects; Non native species; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; BENTHOS; DAPHNIA; DREISSENA; DREISSENA BUGENSIS; DREISSENIDS; DULUTH-SUPERIOR HARBOR; ECHINOGAMMARUS ISCHNUS; FIRST DETECTION; GREAT LAKES; HOT SPOT; INTENSIVE SAMPLING; MULTIPLE SAMPLING; NEW ZEALAND; NON-INDIGENOUS; NON-NATIVE SPECIES; NONINDIGENOUS SPECIES; POTAMOPYRGUS; SAMPLING METHOD;

ANIMALS; LAKES; TAXONOMIES;

PORTS AND HARBORS;

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIPOD; BENTHOS; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HARBOR; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MOLLUSC; NEW RECORD; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; TAXONOMY;

DULUTH; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE SUPERIOR; MINNESOTA; SAINT LOUIS RIVER; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIPODA; ANNELIDA; BIVALVIA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA LUMHOLTZI; DREISSENA; DREISSENA BUGENSIS; DREISSENIDAE; ECHINOGAMMARUS ISCHNUS; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); PARANAIS FRICI; PISIDIUM HENSLOWANUM; PISIDIUM SUPINUM; POTAMOPYRGUS ANTIPODARUM; PRISTINA ACUMINATA;

EID: 78649449148     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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