Lake Malawi: Fishes, fisheries, biodiversity, health and habitat

Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 241-254

  Weyl, Olaf L F ^a   Ribbink, Anthony J ^b   Tweddlel, Denis ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Sustainable Seas Trust   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cpue; Limnology; Niassa; Nyasa; Overfishing; Yield

Indexed keywords

PISCES;

EID: 77956516291     PISSN: 14634988     EISSN: 15394077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14634988.2010.504695     Document Type: Article

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