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    The very hungry amphipod: the invasive Dikerogammarus villosus shows high consumption rates for two food sources and independent of predator cues

    The invasion of the Ponto–Caspian amphipod Dikerogammarus villosus in European rivers is assumed to reduce macroinvertebrate diversity and to alter ecosystem functions. D. villosus shows an extraordinarily flexib...

    Luise Richter, Lisa Schwenkmezger, Jochen Becker, Carola Winkelmann in Biological Invasions (2018)

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    River-specific effects of the invasive amphipod Dikerogammarus villosus (Crustacea: Amphipoda) on benthic communities

    The invasive amphipod Dikerogammarus villosus is assumed to threaten native biodiversity in rivers. In spite of small-scale experiments and field observations, its impact on natural communities is largely unknown...

    Claudia Hellmann, Franz Schöll, Susanne Worischka, Jochen Becker in Biological Invasions (2017)