Invasion of the African sharp-tooth catfish Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) in South China

Biological Invasions

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1723-1727

  Radhakrishnan, K V ^a   Lan, Zhao Jun ^a   Zhao, Jun ^a   Qing, Ning ^a   Huang, Xio Lin ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

African catfish; Alien species; Control measures; Invasion; South China

Indexed keywords

CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; SILURIFORMES;

EID: 79960042263     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-011-0004-0     Document Type: Note

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