Diel vertical migration of major fish-species in Lake Victoria, East Africa

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 513, Issue , 2004, Pages 141-152

  Goudswaard, Kees ^a   Wanink, Jan H ^a   Witte, Frans ^a   Katunzi, Egid F B ^b   Berger, Michiel R ^c   Postma, David J ^d  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TANZANIA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Haplochromine cichlids; Lates; Oreochromis; Prey detection; Rastrineobola; Schilbe

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; LAKES;

MIGRATION PATTERNS; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

DIEL MIGRATION; FEEDING; STOCK ASSESSMENT; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE VICTORIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CICHLIDAE; LATES; LATES NILOTICUS; OREOCHROMIS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; PISCES; SCHILBE; SCHILBE INTERMEDIUS; TILAPIA; VICTORIA;

EID: 1842581888     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:hydr.0000018179.80116.93     Document Type: Article

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