Herons and fish farming in the Huleh Valley, Israel: Conflict or mutual benefit?

Waterbirds

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL.1, 1996, Pages 143-151

  Ashkenazi, Shoshana ^a,b   Yom Tov, Yoram ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Ecology and Nature Conservation   (Israel)

Author keywords

Black crowned Night Heron; Carp Cyprinus carpio; Egretta garzetta; Energy requirement; Fish loss; Fishery management; Little Egret Nycticorax nycticorax; Sarotherodon spp.; Tilapia; Uncontrolled proliferation

Indexed keywords

ARDEIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO; EGRETTA GARZETTA; NYCTICORAX NYCTICORAX; SAROTHERODON; TILAPIA;

EID: 0242574439     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1521958     Document Type: Article

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