Stream community and ecosystem responses to the boom and bust of an invading snail

Biological Invasions

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2435-2446

  Moore, Jonathan W ^a,d   Herbst, David B ^b   Heady, Walter N ^a   Carlson, Stephanie M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Departments of Cognitive Science and Neurosciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Ecosystem engineer; Gastropod; Hysteresis; Indirect effects; Trophic cul de sac

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; GASTROPOD; GRAZING PRESSURE; HYSTERESIS; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; SNAIL; STREAMWATER;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; POTAMOPYRGUS ANTIPODARUM;

EID: 84867400053     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-012-0240-y     Document Type: Article

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