The tilapiine fish stock of Lake Victoria before and after the Nile perch upsurge

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 838-856

  Goudswaard, P C ^a   Witte, F ^a   Katunzi, E F B ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TANZANIA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Competition; Extinction; Fisheries; Lates niloticus; Oreochromis; Species introduction

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; FISHERY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LOCAL EXTINCTION;

AFRICA;

LATES NILOTICUS; NYASALAPIA VARIABILIS; OREOCHROMIS; OREOCHROMIS ESCULENTUS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; VICTORIA;

EID: 0036557739     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2002.tb02413.x     Document Type: Article

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