Distribution and abundance of the Louisiana red swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii Girard at Lake Naivasha, Kenya between 1987 and 1999

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 488, Issue , 2002, Pages 143-151

  Harper, David M ^a   Smart, Andrew C ^a,e   Coley, Stephanie ^a   Schmitz, Sophie ^b   De Beauregard, Anne Christine Gouder ^b   North, Rick ^c   Adams, Chris ^c   Obade, Paul ^d   Kamau, Mbogo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Laboratoire d'Ecologie   (Belgium)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d KENYA MARINE AND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^e Duchy College   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Density; Eichhornia crassipes; Food web interactions; Length weight relationship; Population structure

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; LAKES; VEGETATION;

FOOD SUPPLY;

FISHERIES;

ABUNDANCE; CRAYFISH; HABITAT SELECTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

KENYA;

ASTACOIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMBARIDAE; CRUSTACEA; EICHHORNIA; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; PROCAMBARUS; PROCAMBARUS CLARKII; VERTEBRATA; VIRIDIPLANTAE;

EID: 0038515119     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023330614984     Document Type: Conference Paper

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