Long-term trends of native and non-native fish faunas in th American Southwest

Animal Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 75-89

  Olden, Julian D ^a   Poff, N LeRoy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotic homogenization; Desert fishes; Extinction; Extirpation; Invasions; Lower Colorado River

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ICHTHYOFAUNA; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE;

COLORADO BASIN; NORTH AMERICA;

CYPRINELLA LUTRENSIS; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS; LEPOMIS CYANELLUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; PISCES;

EID: 30944434010     PISSN: 1578665X     EISSN: 1578665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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