Complex impacts of an invasive omnivore and native consumers on stream communities in California and Hawaii

Oecologia

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 945-960

  Klose, Kristie ^a   Cooper, Scott D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Invasive species; Omnivory; Physella gyrina; Procambarus clarkii; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BIOMASS; COEXISTENCE; COMPLEXITY; CRAYFISH; DETRITUS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEAF LITTER; NATIVE SPECIES; OMNIVORY; PERIPHYTON; SNAIL; STREAMWATER; TROPHIC CASCADE; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

CALIFORNIA; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ASTACOIDEA; ATYOIDA BISULCATA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; PHYSELLA GYRINA; PROCAMBARUS CLARKII;

EID: 84875643499     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2449-y     Document Type: Article

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