Complex interactions among fish, snails and macrophytes: Implications for biological control of an invasive snail

Biological Invasions

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2223-2232

  Wong, Pak Ki ^a   Kwong, King Lun ^a   Qiu, Jian Wen ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Apple snail; Biological control; Common carp; Herbivory; Wetland

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CYPRINID; HERBIVORE; INVASIVE SPECIES; JUVENILE; MACROPHYTE; NONTARGET ORGANISM; OVIPOSITION; PHYTOMASS; POND; POPULATION DECLINE; SNAIL; WETLAND;

SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO; GASTROPODA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; POMACEA CANALICULATA; SPONDIAS DULCIS;

EID: 70350736594     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-008-9378-z     Document Type: Article

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