Recent invasion by a non-native cyprinid (common bream Abramis brama) is followed by major changes in the ecological quality of a shallow lake in southern Europe

Biological Invasions

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2065-2079

  Volta, Pietro ^a   Jeppesen, Erik ^b,c,d   Leoni, Barbara ^e   Campi, Barbara ^a   Sala, Paolo ^a   Garibaldi, Letizia ^e   Lauridsen, Torben L ^b,c   Winfield, Ian J ^f  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^f CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CPUE; Cyprinids; Ecosystem functioning; Electrofishing; Invasive alien species IAS; Multi mesh survey gill nets

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOMASS; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CRUSTACEAN; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYPRINID; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ELECTROFISHING; GILLNET; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MACROPHYTE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SHALLOW WATER; WATER QUALITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ITALY;

ABRAMIS BRAMA; COPEPODA; CYANOBACTERIA; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA; LEPOMIS GIBBOSUS; PISCES;

EID: 84881024720     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-013-0433-z     Document Type: Article

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