Fish enclosures versus intensive fishing to restore charophytes in a shallow New Zealand lake

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 193-202

  Dugdale, Tony M ^a   Hicks, Brendan J ^b   De Winton, Mary ^c   Taumoepeau, Aleki ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ameiurus nebulosus; Biomanipulation; Charophytes; Fish exclosures; Lake restoration; Submerged vegetation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOMANIPULATION; CHAROPHYTE; ENCLOSURE EXPERIMENT; FISHING; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

AUSTRALASIA; HAMILTON [WAIKATO]; LAKE ROTOROA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WAIKATO;

AMEIURUS NEBULOSUS; ANGUILLA AUSTRALIS; CARASSIUS AURATUS; CHARACEAE; CHARALES; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; SCARDINIUS ERYTHROPHTHALMUS; TINCA TINCA;

EID: 33645311212     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.711     Document Type: Article

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