Benthic community responses to invasion by the golden mussel, Limnoperna fortunei Dunker: Biotic homogenization vs environmental driving forces

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1009-1023

  Sardiña, Paula ^a   Chaves, Eliseo ^b   Marchese, Mercedes ^c  

^a MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

benthic community; biotic homogenization; facilitation; golden mussel; invasive species; invertebrates; Limnoperna fortunei

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIVALVE; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FACILITATION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HOMOGENEITY; INVASIVE SPECIES;

INVERTEBRATA; LIMNOPERNA FORTUNEI;

EID: 80054800127     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/10-170.1     Document Type: Article

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