Growth and reproduction of threatened native crucian carp Carassius carassius in small ponds of Epping Forest, south-east England

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 797-805

  Tarkan, Ali Serhan ^a,b   Copp, Gordon H ^a,c   Zieba, Grzegorz ^a,d   Godard, Michael J ^a   Cucherousset, Julien ^a,c  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b MUGLA SITKI KOCMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acclimatization; Endangered species conservation; Feral goldfish; Illegal releases; Sympatric compensatory growth

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; AGE AT MATURITY; ALLOPATRY; BODY MASS; COMPENSATION; CYPRINID; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FECUNDITY; GROWTH RATE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; POND; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ENGLAND; EPPING FOREST; ESSEX [ENGLAND]; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CARASSIUS; CARASSIUS AURATUS; CARASSIUS CARASSIUS; CYPRINIDAE;

EID: 70350637506     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.1028     Document Type: Article

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