Impact of piscivorous fish introductions on fish species richness of small lakes in Gatineau Park, Québec

Ecoscience

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 259-268

  Chapleau, François ^a   Findlay, C Scott ^a   Szenasy, Erica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fish community; Gatineau Park; Introductions; Piscivory; Small lakes

Indexed keywords

CATOSTOMIDAE; CENTRARCHIDAE; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; GASTEROSTEIDAE; PERCIDAE; UMBRIDAE;

EID: 0001154553     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1997.11682404     Document Type: Article

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