Bythotrephes invasion elevates trophic position of zooplankton and fish: Implications for contaminant biomagnification

Biological Invasions

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2621-2634

  Rennie, Michael D ^a,d   Strecker, Angela L ^b   Palmer, Michelle E ^c  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cercopagidae; Contaminants; Coregonidae; Fish; Food web; Mysis

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLUPEOID; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FISH; FOOD WEB; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPHIC LEVEL; ZOOPLANKTON;

BYTHOTREPHES; BYTHOTREPHES LONGIMANUS; CERCOPAGIDIDAE; CLUPEIDAE; COPEPODA; COREGONUS ARTEDI; MYSIS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 81155162461     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-011-0081-0     Document Type: Article

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