Environmental and economic impact assessment of alien and invasive fish species in Europe using the generic impact scoring system

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 646-656

  van der Veer, Gabriel ^a,b   Nentwig, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Canton of Solothurn   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carassius auratus C. gibelio complex; Competition; Cross taxa comparison; Ecosystem; Impact analysis; Predation; Prioritisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941173777     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eff.12181     Document Type: Article

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