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Effects of Nile perch (Lates niloticus) introduction into Lake Victoria, East Africa, on the diet of Pied Kingfishers (Ceryle rudis)

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Aquatic Birds in the Trophic Web of Lakes

Part of the book series: Developments in Hydrobiology ((DIHY,volume 96))

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Abstract

In recent years the ichthyofauna of Lake Victoria, the world’s largest tropical lake, has gone through dramatic changes. The population of Nile perch, a large predator which has been introduced into the lake by man, increased explosively at the expense of many haplochromine cichlid species. At the same time, numbers of a small cyprinid (dagaa) rose sharply.

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  1. Zoologisch Laboratorium, Haplochromis Ecology Survey Team (HEST)/Research Group on Ecological Morphology, Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, P.O. Box 9516, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands

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Wanink, J.H., Goudswaard, K.P.C. (1994). Effects of Nile perch (Lates niloticus) introduction into Lake Victoria, East Africa, on the diet of Pied Kingfishers (Ceryle rudis). In: Kerekes, J.J. (eds) Aquatic Birds in the Trophic Web of Lakes. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 96. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1128-7_33

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