Impacts of introducing Nile tilapia on the fisheries of a tropical reservoir in North-eastern Brazil

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 437-443

  Attayde, J L ^a   Brasil, J ^a   Menescal, R A ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b Departamento Nacional de Obras Contra às Secas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Exotic species; Freshwater fishes; Reservoirs; Semi arid tropics

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; SEMIARID REGION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BRAZIL;

OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; PISCES;

EID: 81155149898     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2011.00796.x     Document Type: Article

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