Biotic resistance on the increase: Native predators structure invasive zebra mussel populations

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1630-1637

  Carlsson, Nils O L ^a,b   Bustamante, Helen ^c   Strayer, David L ^b   Pace, Michael L ^d  

^a The County Administrative Board ^*  (Sweden)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Biotic resistance; Ecosystem recovery; Hyper successful exotic species; Native predators

Indexed keywords

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DREISSENA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 79959956890     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2011.02602.x     Document Type: Article

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