Community-level impacts induced by introduced largemouth bass and bluegill in farm ponds in Japan

Biological Conservation

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 111-121

  Maezono, Yasunori ^a   Miyashita, Tadashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bluegill; Exotic fish; Extinction; Largemouth bass; Native; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POND; TROPHIC CASCADE;

JAPAN;

ANNELIDA; CRUSTACEA; LEPOMIS; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; MICROPTERUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES;

EID: 0037208427     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(02)00144-1     Document Type: Article

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