Impacts of two invasive mollusks, Rapana venosa (Gastropoda) and Corbicula fluminea (Bivalvia), on the food web structure of the Río de la Plata estuary and nearshore oceanic ecosystem

Biological Invasions

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2053-2061

  Lercari, Diego ^a   Bergamino, Leandro ^a  

^a Unidad en Desarrollo de Ciencias del Mar   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Corbicula fluminea; Ecopath; Invasive species; Rapana venosa; R o De La Plata

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; BIVALVE; DETRITUS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOOD WEB; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GASTROPOD; INVASIVE SPECIES; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MASS BALANCE; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; NICHE OVERLAP; PERCIFORM; PHYTOPLANKTON; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SOFTWARE; TROPHIC INTERACTION; TROPHIC LEVEL; ZOOPLANKTON;

RIO DE LA PLATA;

ARGYROSOMUS MACROPHTHALMUS; AVES; BIVALVIA; CORBICULA; CORBICULA FLUMINEA; CORBICULIDAE; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; MICROPOGONIAS FURNIERI; MOLLUSCA; MURICIDAE; MYTILIDAE; PISCES; RAPANA VENOSA;

EID: 80051471243     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-011-0023-x     Document Type: Article

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