Could native predators help to control invasive fishes? Microcosm experiments with the Neotropical characid, Brycon orbignyanus

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 491-499

  Santos, A F G N ^a,b   Santos, L N ^a,b   Garcia Berthou E ^b   Hayashi, C ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^c AGÊNCIA PAULISTA DE TECNOLOGIA DOS AGRONEGÓCIOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Behavioural interactions; Brazil; Habitat complexity; Paran river basin; Predator prey relationships

Indexed keywords

ASTYANAX ALTIPARANAE; BRYCON ORBIGNYANUS; CHARACIDAE; CICHLA; ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; PISCES; PROCHILODUS LINEATUS;

EID: 68949092107     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2009.00366.x     Document Type: Article

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