Invasion of a headwater stream by non-native fishes in the Swartkops River system, South Africa

African Zoology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-46

  Ellender, Bruce R ^a   Weyl, Olaf L F ^b   Swartz, Ernst R ^b  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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

Author keywords

Clarias gariepinus; Endangered; invasive; Micropterus dolomieu; Micropterus salmoides; non native; Pseudobarbus afer; Tilapia sparrmanii

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; HEADWATER; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EASTERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA; SWARTKOPS RIVER;

CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; MICROPTERUS; MICROPTERUS DOLOMIEU; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES; PERCIFORMES; PISCES; PSEUDOBARBUS AFER; TILAPIA; TILAPIA SPARRMANII;

EID: 79956076113     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3377/004.046.0116     Document Type: Article

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