Responses of fish communities to sustained removals of perch (Perca fluviatilis)

Science for Conservation

Volumn , Issue 210, 2003, Pages 5-38

  Ludgate, Benjamin G ^a   Closs, Gerard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Common bullies; Exotic species; Fish removal; Freshwater fish; Gobiomorphus cotidianus; Introduced species; Lentic; Netting; Perca fluviatilis; Perch

Indexed keywords

BIOMANIPULATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LENTIC ENVIRONMENT; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

NEW ZEALAND;

GOBIOMORPHUS; GOBIOMORPHUS COTIDIANUS; PERCA; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; PHILYPNODON;

EID: 0037234180     PISSN: 11732946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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