Exotic fish species in a global biodiversity hotspot: Observations from River Chalakudy, part of Western Ghats, Kerala, India

Biological Invasions

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-40

  Raghavan, Rajeev ^a   Prasad, Gopalan ^b   Anvar Ali, P H ^b   Pereira, Benno ^a  

^a St Albert s College   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

Author keywords

Biodiversity hotspot; Exotics; Fish; India; Kerala; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BREEDING POPULATION; CYPRINID; PERCIFORM; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ASIA; CHALAKUDY RIVER; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS; OSPHRONEMUS; POECILIA RETICULATA; XIPHOPHORUS MACULATUS;

EID: 38349133610     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-007-9104-2     Document Type: Article

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