Factors triggering floodplain fish emigration: Importance of fish density and food availability

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 60-64

  Louca, V ^a   Lindsay, S W ^a   Lucas, M C ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Density; Emigration; Floodplains; Food availability; Seasonal movement; Tilapia guineensis

Indexed keywords

TILAPIA; TILAPIA GUINEENSIS;

EID: 67650202074     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2008.00323.x     Document Type: Article

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