Biological invasions of fresh water: Empirical rules and assembly theory

Biological Conservation

Volumn 78, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 149-161

  Moyle, Peter B ^a   Light, Theo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

aquatic communities; assembly rules; estuaries; introduced fish; invasions; lake ecology; stream ecology

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY THEORY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; INTRODUCED FISH;

EID: 0030251394     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3207(96)00024-9     Document Type: Article

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