Physicochemical habitat association of a native and a non-native crayfish in the lower Flint river, Georgia: Implications for invasion success

Biological Invasions

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 499-511

  Sargent, Lindsey W ^a   Golladay, Stephen W ^b   Covich, Alan P ^c   Opsahl, Stephen P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b JOSEPH W JONES ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Habitat alteration; Invasive species; Orconectes palmeri; Procambarus spiculifer; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CRAYFISH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

FLINT BASIN; FLINT RIVER; GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

ASTACOIDEA; ORCONECTES PALMERI; PROCAMBARUS SPICULIFER;

EID: 78651243882     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-010-9844-2     Document Type: Article

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