Case studies of the invasion by four alien fish species (cyprinus carpio, micropterus salmoides, oreochromis macrochir and o. mossambicus) of freshwater ecosystems in southern africa

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 233-255

  De Moor, I J ^a  

^a JLB Smith Institute of Ichthyology   (South Africa)

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DOI: 10.1080/00359199609520609     Document Type: Article

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