Determining the strength of exploitative competition from an introduced fish: Roles of density, biomass and body size

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 74-79

  Britton, J R ^a   Cucherousset, J ^a,b   Grey, J ^c   Gozlan, R E ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b École Nationale de Formation Agronomique   (France)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyprinus carpio; Growth suppression; Introduction; Pseudorasbora parva; Specific growth rate

Indexed keywords

CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO; PISCES; PSEUDORASBORA PARVA;

EID: 79951485029     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2010.00460.x     Document Type: Article

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