Present status of the North American Umbra pygmaea (DeKay, 1842) (eastern mudminnow) in Flanders (Belgium) and in Europe

Aquatic Invasions

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-96

  Verreycken, Hugo ^a   Geeraerts, Caroline ^a   Duvivier, Cathy ^b   Belpaire, Claude ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Abundance; Condition factor; Distribution; Ecological impact; Invasiveness; Non indigenous fish species; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 80355127054     PISSN: 17986540     EISSN: 18185487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/ai.2010.5.1.10     Document Type: Article

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