Do introduced crayfish affect benthic fish in stony littoral habitats of large boreal lakes?

Biological Invasions

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 813-825

  Ruokonen, Timo J ^a   Karjalainen, Juha ^a   Kiljunen, Mikko ^a   Pursiainen, Markku ^b   Hämäläinen, Heikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Benthic fish; Crayfish; Introduced species; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CRAYFISH; DIETARY OVERLAP; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT TYPE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAKE; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DENSITY;

EUROPE;

ASTACOIDEA; PACIFASTACUS LENIUSCULUS; PISCES;

EID: 84858798483     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-011-0118-4     Document Type: Article

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