Fish predation affects the structure of a benthic community

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1030-1046

  Winkelmann, Carola ^a   Hellmann, Claudia ^a   Worischka, Susanne ^a   Petzoldt, Thomas ^a   Benndorf, Jürgen ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Barbatula barbatula; Benthic community; Gobio gobio; Large scale; Predation

Indexed keywords

BAETIS RHODANI; BARBATULA BARBATULA; DUGESIA GONOCEPHALA S. STR.; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS PULEX; GOBIO GOBIO; INVERTEBRATA; LIMONIINAE; PISIDIUM; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 79954718563     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02543.x     Document Type: Article

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