Lower biodiversity of native fish but only marginally altered plankton biomass in tropical lakes hosting introduced piscivorous Cichla cf. ocellaris

Biological Invasions

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1353-1363

  Menezes, Rosemberg F ^a,b   Attayde, José Luiz ^a   Lacerot, Gissell ^c   Kosten, Sarian ^d,h   Coimbra e Souza, Leonardo ^e   Costa, Luciana S ^e   van Nes, Egbert H ^d   Jeppesen, Erik ^b,f,g  

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

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^f GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^g Sino Danish Centre for Education and Research (SDC)   (China)

^h LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological invasion; Cichla; Piscivorous fish; Primary production; Shallow tropical lakes; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOMASS; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; NATIVE SPECIES; PERCIFORM; PISCIVORY; PLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SHALLOW WATER; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

BRAZIL;

BAIRDIELLA RHONCHUS; CICHLA; CICHLA OCELLARIS; CICHLIDAE;

EID: 84862557081     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-011-0159-8     Document Type: Article

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