Recent fish introductions into Everglades National Park: An unforeseen consequence of water management?

Wetlands

Volumn 34, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2014, Pages

  Kline, Jeffrey L ^a   Loftus, William F ^b   Kotun, Kevin ^a   Trexler, Joel C ^c   Rehage, Jennifer S ^c   Lorenz, Jerome J ^d   Robinson, Michelle ^d  

^a Everglades National Park   (United States)

^b Aquatic Research and Communication LLC   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Audubon Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Canals; Cichlids; Everglades; Non native fishes; Restoration; Water management; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905646909     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-012-0362-0     Document Type: Article

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