Adult African sharptooth catfish, Clarias gariepinus, population dynamics in a small invaded warm-temperate impoundment

African Zoology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 299-308

  Booth, Anthony J ^a   Traas, Graham R L ^a   Weyl, Olaf L F ^a,b  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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

Author keywords

Cormack Jolly Seber model; Glen Melville Reservoir; invasive species; Mark recapture; natural mortality

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FISH; INVASIVE SPECIES; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RESERVOIR; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

EASTERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA;

CLARIAS GARIEPINUS;

EID: 78650566215     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3377/004.045.0208     Document Type: Article

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