Recovery of cichlid species in Lake Victoria: An examinations of factors leading to differential extinction

Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 233-241

  Witte, F ^a   Msuku, B S ^b   Wanink, J H ^a   Seehausen, O ^a,c   Katunzi, E F B ^b   Goudswaard, P C ^a   Goldschmidt, T ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TANZANIA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Eutrophication; Extinction; Haplochromine cichlids; Hypoxiaa; Lates niloticus; Predation; Reproduction; Retinal structures; Zooplanktivores

Indexed keywords

ICHTHYOFAUNA;

CICHLIDAE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; LATES NILOTICUS; VICTORIA;

EID: 0034440857     PISSN: 09603166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016677515930     Document Type: Article

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