Effects of a rapidly increasing population of common carp on vegetative cover and waterfowl in a recently restored Midwestern shallow lake

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 632, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 235-245

  Bajer, Przemyslaw G ^a   Sullivan, Gary ^b   Sorensen, Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Wetlands Initiative   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological invasion; Cyprinus carpio; Ducks; Macrophytes; Rotenone

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CYPRINUS CARPIO; DUCKS; MACROPHYTES; ROTENONE;

BIOMARKERS; BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; POPULATION STATISTICS; RESTORATION;

LAKES;

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CYPRINID; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MACROPHYTE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SHALLOW WATER; VEGETATION COVER; WATERFOWL;

MIDWEST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO;

EID: 70349978364     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-9844-3     Document Type: Article

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