Invasive mussels induce community changes by increasing habitat complexity

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 685, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 121-134

  Burlakova, Lyubov E ^a,b   Karatayev, Alexander Y ^a   Karatayev, Vadim A ^b  

^a BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Byssate bivalve; Community effect; Dreissena polymorpha; Habitat complexity; Invasive species; Limnoperna fortunei; Taxonomic structure; Trophic structure

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOMASS; BIVALVE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; FOOD SUPPLY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DENSITY; SESSILE SPECIES; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

BIVALVIA; DREISSENA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; LIMNOPERNA FORTUNEI;

EID: 84857645051     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0791-4     Document Type: Article

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