Carassius gibelio in Greece: The dominant naturalised invader of freshwaters

Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-27

  Perdikaris, Costas ^a   Ergolavou, Anna ^a   Gouva, Evangelia ^a   Nathanailides, Cosmas ^a   Chantzaropoulos, Athanasios ^a   Paschos, Ioannis ^a  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EPIRUS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Carassiusgibelio; Distribution; Ecological impacts; Greece; Invasive species; Prussian carp

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONSERVATION STATUS; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LAKE WATER; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; RIVER BASIN; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

GREECE;

CARASSIUS GIBELIO; CYPRINIDAE;

EID: 84857659578     PISSN: 09603166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11160-011-9216-8     Document Type: Review

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