Temporal variation in zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) density structure the benthic food web and community composition on hard substrates in Lake Constance, Germany

Biological Invasions

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2727-2738

  Gergs, R ^a,b   Grey, Jonathan ^c   Rothhaupt, Karl Otto ^b  

^a University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphipods; Benthic pelagic coupling; Biodeposition; Food web; Invasive species; Stable isotope analysis

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; BENTHOS; BIVALVE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOOD WEB; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVASIVE SPECIES; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ORGANIC MATTER; POPULATION DENSITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUBSTRATE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

BODENSEE; GERMANY;

AMPHIPODA; CAENIS; CHIRONOMINAE; DREISSENA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; ECNOMUS TENELLUS; EPHEMEROPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 80255138762     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-011-9943-8     Document Type: Article

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