Interactions between Nile perch, Lates niloticus, and other fishes in Lake Nabugabo, Uganda

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 343-358

  Schofield, Pamela J ^a,b   Chapman, Lauren J ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b The University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecotone; Haplochromine cichlids hypoxia; Introduced species; Lake Victoria basin; Predator prey interactions

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DIETARY SHIFT; ECOTONE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES;

UGANDA;

EID: 0032790813     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007544017989     Document Type: Article

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