The shrimp Caridina nilotica in Lake Victoria (East Africa), before and after the Nile perch increase

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 563, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-44

  Goudswaard, Kees ^a   Witte, Frans ^a   Wanink, Jan H ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Koeman en Bijkerk bv   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lates niloticus; Life history parameters; Predation shift; Shrimp population increase; Size reduction

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; LAKES; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; NUTRITION;

LATES NILOTICUS; LIFE HISTORY PARAMETERS; PREDATION SHIFT; SHRIMP POPULATION INCREASE; SIZE REDUCTION;

MICROORGANISMS;

CRUSTACEAN; JUVENILE; PREDATION RISK; PREY SELECTION;

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

BAGRUS DOCMAK; CARIDINA NITOTICA; CICHLIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LATES NILOTICUS; RASTRINEOBOLA ARGENTEA;

EID: 33646671497     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-1385-9     Document Type: Article

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