The implications of introducing a large piscivore (Lates calcarifer) into a regulated northern Australian river (Lake Kununurra, Western Australia)

Lakes and Reservoirs: Science, Policy and Management for Sustainable Use

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 181-193

  Morgan, David L ^a   Rowland, Andrew J ^a   Gill, Howard S ^a   Doupé, Rob G ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barramundi; Dietary overlap; Fish communities; Predation; Tropical impoundment; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

DIETARY OVERLAP; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PISCIVORE; PREDATION; SPORT FISHING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

LATES; LATES CALCARIFER; PISCES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 11244271473     PISSN: 13205331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1770.2004.00247.x     Document Type: Article

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