Control of macrophytes by grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) in a Waikato drain, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 85-93

  Wells, R D S ^a   Bannon, H J ^b   Hicks, B J ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ceratophyllum demersum; Ctenopharyngodon idella; Diploid grass carp; Glyceria maxima; Macrophytes; Weed control

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CYPRINID; MACROPHYTE; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; WEED CONTROL;

NEW ZEALAND;

CERATOPHYLLUM; CERATOPHYLLUM DEMERSUM; CTENOPHARYNGODON IDELLA; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO; GLYCERIA; GLYCERIA MAXIMA;

EID: 0037560181     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2003.9517148     Document Type: Article

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