Scavenger or predator? Examining a potential predator-prey relationship between crayfish and benthic fish in stream food webs

Freshwater Science

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1309-1317

  Thomas, Claire L ^a   Taylor, Christopher A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic fish; Conservation; Crayfish; Invasive species; Predation; Streams

Indexed keywords

CRAYFISH; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISH; FOOD WEB; INVASIVE SPECIES; MORTALITY; PERCID; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SCAVENGER; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STREAMWATER; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

ANHINGIDAE; ASTACOIDEA; ETHEOSTOMA; INVERTEBRATA; ORCONECTES RUSTICUS;

EID: 84888261207     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/12-169.1     Document Type: Article

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