Spread of the introduced Climbing Perch (Anabas testudineus) in the fly river system, Papua New Guinea, with comments on possible ecological effects

International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 103-114

  Storey, A W ^a,b   Roderick, I D ^a   Smith, R E W ^a,c   Maie, A Y ^a  

^a Ok Tedi Mining Limited   (Papua New Guinea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Hydrobiology Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competition; Dietary overlap; Distribution; Introduced fish

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645292159     PISSN: 0377015X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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