Fourteen years of dreissenid presence in the rocky littoral zone of a large lake: Effects on macroinvertebrate abundance and diversity

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 913-922

  Ozersky, Ted ^a   Barton, David R ^b   Evans, David O ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

benthic invertebrates; diversity; dreissenid mussels; invasive species; Lake Simcoe

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIPOD; BENTHOS; BIVALVE; INVASIVE SPECIES; ISOPOD; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; ROCKY SHORE; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBSTRATE; TAXONOMY;

CANADA; LAKE SIMCOE; ONTARIO [CANADA];

AMPHIPODA; CHIRONOMIDAE; DREISSENIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPODA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA);

EID: 80054794813     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/10-122.1     Document Type: Article

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