A serious new threat to brazilian freshwater ecosystems: The naturalization of nonnative fish by decree

Conservation Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 55-60

  Pelicice, Fernando Mayer ^a   Vitule, Jean Ricardo Simões ^b   Lima Junior, Dilermando Pereira ^c   Orsi, Mário Luis ^d   Agostinho, Angelo Antonio ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO TOCANTINS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso Campus Médio Araguaia   (Brazil)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alien fish; Aquaculture; Biodiversity; Biological invasion; Management; Politics; South America

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893054534     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/conl.12029     Document Type: Article

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