Temporal variation in fish community structure in a newly created wetland lake (Lake Agmon) in Israel

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 6, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 151-157

  Degani, G ^a,b   Yehuda, Y ^a   Jackson, J ^a   Gophen, M ^c  

^a MIGAL GALILEE TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Israel)

^b Golan Research Institute   (Israel)

^c ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Forage; Hula Valley; Immigration; Jordan River; Mosquito control; Stocking

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FISH; HABITAT RESTORATION; IMMIGRATION; MOSQUITO; PEST CONTROL; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ISRAEL; LAKE AGMON;

ACANTHOBRAMA; ACANTHOBRAMA LISSNERI; ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; APHANIUS MENTO; AVES; CAPOETA; CAPOETA DAMASCINA; CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; CYPRINUS CARPIO; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; HEMIGRAMMOCAPOETA; HEMIGRAMMOCAPOETA NANA; OREOCHROMIS AUREUS; PSEUDOPHOXINUS KERVILLEI; TILAPIA ZILLII;

EID: 0032313378     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1008463918715     Document Type: Article

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