Introduction of non-native freshwater fish can certainly be bad

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 98-108

  Vitule, Jean Ricardo Simões ^b   Freire, Carolina Arruda ^b   Simberloff, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Biodiversity; Economic value; Freshwater fish introductions; Non native fish; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; HYBRIDIZATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CYPRINIDAE; DREISSENA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; LATES NILOTICUS; SILURIFORMES; TILAPIA;

EID: 60649087014     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: 14672979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2979.2008.00312.x     Document Type: Review

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