Impact of the invasive golden mussel (Limnoperna fortunei) on phytoplankton and nutrient cycling

Aquatic Invasions

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 91-100

  Cataldo, Daniel ^a,b,c   O'Farrell, Inés ^a,b   Paolucci, Esteban ^b,c   Sylvester, Francisco ^a,b   Boltovskoy, Demetrio ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

^c MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Alien; Barrow; Introductions; Non native; Nore; Scuba diving

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIVALVIA; DREISSENA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; LIMNOPERNA FORTUNEI;

EID: 84862131123     PISSN: 17986540     EISSN: 18185487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/ai.2012.7.1.010     Document Type: Article

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