Recent introductions of the ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernuus) to three United Kingdom lakes containing Coregonus species

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 33, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 459-466

  Winfield, Ian J ^a   Adams, Colin E ^b   Fletcher, Janice M ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b Sheep Veterinary Society   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBULA; COREGONUS; COREGONUS ALBULA; COREGONUS LAVARETUS; GYMNOCEPHALUS CERNUUS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0030446206     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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