Effects of endolithic parasitism on invasive and indigenous mussels in a variable physical environment.

Biotic stress may operate in concert with physical environmental conditions to limit or facilitate invasion processes while altering competitive interactions between invaders and native species. Here, we examine how endolithic parasitism of an invasive and an indigenous mussel species acts in synerg...

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Main Authors: Gerardo Ivan Zardi, Katy Rebecca Nicastro, Christopher David McQuaid, Marcos Gektidis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2718845?pdf=render