Impacts of the eurasian round goby (neogobius melanostomus) on benthic communities in the upper st. lawrence river

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 469-486

  Kipp, Rebekah ^a   Ricciardi, Anthony ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BENTHOS; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GASTROPOD; INVASIVE SPECIES; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVER SYSTEM; TROPHIC CASCADE;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER;

ALGAE; APOLLONIA MELANOSTOMUS; CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; DREISSENIDAE; GASTROPODA; GOBIIDAE;

EID: 84857864737     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F2011-139     Document Type: Article

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