Ecological impact of introduced crayfish on benthic fishes in a British Lowland River

Conservation Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 641-647

  Guan, Rui Zhang ^a,b   Wiles, Peter Roy ^a  

^a JIMEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCKINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULLHEAD; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRODUCED CRAYFISH; PREDATION; SIGNAL CRAYFISH; STONE LOACH;

UK, ENGLAND, GREAT OUSE RIVER;

EID: 0031444410     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1997.96073.x     Document Type: Article

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