Effects of an invasive crayfish on trophic relationships in north-temperate lake food webs

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-23

  Nilsson, E ^a   Solomon, C T ^b   Wilson, K A ^c   Willis, T V ^c   Larget, B ^d   Vander Zanden, M J ^d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Hierarchical Bayesian model; Invasive species; Lake food web; Stable isotopes; Trophic niche

Indexed keywords

AMBLOPLITES; ASTACOIDEA; ETHEOSTOMA NIGRUM; INVERTEBRATA; LEPOMIS; MICROPTERUS; MICROPTERUS DOLOMIEU; ORCONECTES RUSTICUS; PERCIFORMES; PISCES;

EID: 82455212317     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2011.02688.x     Document Type: Article

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