The Nile perch in Lake Victoria: Interactions between predation and fisheries

Ecological Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 653-664

  Kitchell, James F ^a   Schindler, Daniel E ^a   Ogutu Ohwayo, Richard ^b   Reinthal, Peter N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b National Fisheries Resources Research Institute   (Uganda)

^c EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Fish; Fisheries; Haplochromines; Lake Victoria; Lates niloticus; Nile perch; Predator prey interactions; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ICHTHYOFAUNA; LATES NILOTICUS; VICTORIA; HAPLOCHROMINAE;

ENDEMIC FISH; FISHERY EXPLOITATION; INTRODUCED FISH; NILE PERCH; PREDATION;

AFRICA, LAKE VICTORIA;

EID: 0030613884     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1997)007[0653:TNPILV]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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