Initial six-year expansion of an introduced piscivorous fish in a tropical Central American lake

Biological Invasions

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 391-404

  Bedarf, Anne Tate ^a,d   Mckaye, Kenneth R ^b,c   Van Den Berghe, Eric P ^b   Perez, Lorenzo J L ^c   Secor, David H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^c Universidad Centroamericana   (Nicaragua)

^d Environmental Company Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic invasion; Cannibalism; Cichlasoma; Eleotridae; Gobiomorus dormitor; Introduced species; Lake Apoyo; Nicaragua; Piscivore; Population growth; Translocation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CANNIBALISM; CRATER LAKE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE; PISCIVORE; POPULATION ECOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

NICARAGUA;

ATHERINELLA; CICHLASOMA; CICHLIDAE; ELEOTRIDAE; GOBIOMORUS DORMITOR; SARDINA;

EID: 0035555943     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015806700705     Document Type: Article

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