Population dynamics of invading freshwater fish: Common carp (Cyprinus carpio) in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia

Biological Invasions

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 341-354

  Forsyth, David M ^a   Koehn, John D ^a   MacKenzie, Darryl I ^b   Stuart, Ivor G ^c  

^a ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b Proteus Wildlife Research Consultants   (New Zealand)

^c Kingfisher Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Catch per unit effort; Exponential population growth; Invasive fish; Logistic model; Murray River; Pest fish; Population growth rate; Rate of increase

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; CYPRINID; FLOODING; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVASIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; RIVER BASIN; TIME SERIES;

AUSTRALIA; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN;

CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO;

EID: 84871935095     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-012-0290-1     Document Type: Article

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