Fishing down and fishing hard: Ecological change in the nile perch of lake nabugabo, Uganda

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 380-394

  Paterson, J A ^a   Chapman, L J ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

East Africa; Fish habitat use; Haplochromine cichlids; Invasive species; Lake Victoria; Lates; Piscivory

Indexed keywords

CICHLIDAE; LATES; LATES NILOTICUS; VOSSIA CUSPIDATA;

EID: 68949127023     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2009.00355.x     Document Type: Article

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