Fish and land use influence Gammarus lacustris and Hyalella azteca (Amphipoda) densities in large wetlands across the upper Midwest

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 664, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-80

  Anteau, Michael J ^a,c   Afton, Alan D ^a   Anteau, Andrea C E ^b,d   Moser, E Barry ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d Kensal Public School   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Crustacean; Pothole; Predation; Run off; Sedimentation; Shallow lake

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COEXISTENCE; CYPRINID; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; LAND USE CHANGE; POPULATION DENSITY; RUNOFF; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; SHALLOW WATER; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; WATER QUALITY;

IOWA; MIDWEST; MINNESOTA; NORTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIPODA; CRUSTACEA; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; CYPRINUS; CYPRINUS CARPIO; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS LACUSTRIS; GASTEROSTEIDAE; HYALELLA AZTECA; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 79955862116     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0583-2     Document Type: Article

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