Extinction of a weakly armoured threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) population in Prator Lake, Alaska

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 482-487

  Patankar, R ^a   Von Hippel, F A ^b   Bell, M A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Esox lucius; Invasive species; Local extinction; Northern pike; Threespine stickleback

Indexed keywords

INVASIVE SPECIES; LOCAL EXTINCTION; PREDATOR; TELEOST;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; PRATOR LAKE; UNITED STATES;

ESOX LUCIUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; PISCES;

EID: 33751060800     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2006.00186.x     Document Type: Article

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