Changes in abundance of Nile shrimp, Caridina nilotica (Roux) following the decline of Nile perch and recovery of native haplochromine fishes, Lake Victoria, Tanzanian waters

Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 196-202

  Ngupula, G W ^a   Mlaponi, E ^a  

^a TANZANIA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Bottom trawls; Catch rates; Fishing pressure; Rastrineobola argentea fishery; Selectivity of fishery

Indexed keywords

CARIDINA NITOTICA; CICHLIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LATES NILOTICUS; PISCES; RASTRINEOBOLA ARGENTEA;

EID: 77953572258     PISSN: 14634988     EISSN: 15394077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14634988.2010.483188     Document Type: Article

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