Fish faunal resurgence in Lake Nabugabo, East Africa

Conservation Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 500-511

  Chapman, Lauren J ^a,b   Chapman, Colin A ^a,b   Schofield, Pamela J ^c   Olowo, John P ^a,d   Kaufman, Les ^e   Seehausen, Ole ^f   Ogutu Ohwayo, Richard ^d  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d Fisheries Resources Research Institute   (Uganda)

^e Boston University   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ICHTHYOFAUNA; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; REFUGE;

UGANDA;

CICHLIDAE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; INVERTEBRATA; LATES NILOTICUS; MORMYRIDAE; VICTORIA;

EID: 0043142272     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2003.01519.x     Document Type: Article

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