Declining stocks of Lake Tana's endemic Barbus species flock (Pisces, Cyprinidae): Natural variation or human impact?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 277-287

  De Graaf, Martin ^a   Machiels, Marcel A M ^a   Wudneh, Tesfaye ^b   Sibbing, Ferdinand A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Ministry of Agriculture Ethiopia   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Africa; Biodiversity conservation; Ethiopia; Fisheries management; Labeobarbus; Recruitment over fishing

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONSERVATION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; OVERFISHING; POPULATION DECLINE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; LAKE TANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BARBUS; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; PISCES; TANA;

EID: 0346336065     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(03)00198-8     Document Type: Article

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