The invasion of an introduced predator, Nile perch (Lates niloticus, L.) in Lake Victoria (East Africa): Chronology and causes

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-139

  Goudswaard, Kees ^a,b   Witte, Frans ^a   Katunzi, Egid F B ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c TANZANIA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Caridina nilotica; Colonization; Extinction; Haplochromine cichlids; Predation; Species introduction

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; CICHLID; COLONIZATION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); EXTINCTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIBILITY; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATION; PREDATOR; RECRUITMENT; SURVIVAL;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE VICTORIA; MWANZA [TANZANIA]; MWANZA GULF; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

CARIDINA NITOTICA; CICHLIDAE; LATES NILOTICUS; PISCES;

EID: 36849071857     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-006-9180-7     Document Type: Article

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