Recent releases and dispersal of non-native fishes in England and Wales, with emphasis on sunbleak Leucaspius delineatus (Heckel, 1843)

Aquatic Invasions

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-161

  Zieba, Grzegorz ^a,b   Copp, Gordon H ^a,c   Davies, Gareth D ^d   Stebbing, Paul ^a   Wesley, Keith J ^e   Britton, J Robert ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^c BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^e Bedwell Fisheries Services   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alien species; Armoured catfish; Fathead minnow; Introductions; Sterlet; Walking catfish

Indexed keywords

EID: 80255129160     PISSN: 17986540     EISSN: 18185487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/ai.2010.5.2.04     Document Type: Article

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