A review of rotenone use for the control of non-indigenous fish in Australian fresh waters, and an attempted eradication of the noxious fish, Phalloceros caudimaculatus

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 477-486

  Rayner, Thomas S ^a,b   Creese, Robert G ^a  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anguillidae; Derris; Galaxidae; Introduced fish; Legislation; Permits; Piscicide; Poeciliidae

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONTROL; FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LEGISLATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ANGUILLIDAE; PHALLOCEROS CAUDIMACULATUS; POECILIIDAE;

EID: 33750144952     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2006.9517437     Document Type: Review

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