Life history traits of an equatorial common carp Cyprinus carpio population in relation to thermal influences on invasive populations

Fisheries Research

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 92-97

  Oyugi, Dalmas O ^a,b   Cucherousset, Julien ^c,d   Ntiba, Micheni J ^b   Kisia, Seth M ^b   Harper, David M ^e   Britton, J Robert ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alien; Common carp; Gonado somatic index; Life history traits; Von Bertalanffy growth model

Indexed keywords

CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO; PISCES;

EID: 79955960916     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2011.03.017     Document Type: Article

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