Invasions and re-emergences: an analysis of the success of Bythotrephes in Lago Maggiore (Italy)

Bythotrephes was first seen in North America in 1982 (single individual, Lake Ontario) and noticed elsewhere in the Laurentian Great Lakes in abundance in 1985. Starting from 1987 it sharply increased in the open-water zooplankton of Lago Maggiore, reaching values never recorded in the past 40 years...

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Main Author: Marina MANCA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2011-02-01
Series:Journal of Limnology
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Online Access:http://www.jlimnol.it/index.php/jlimnol/article/view/65