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Article: Reports from Bournemouth University describe recent advances in ecology.
- Article from:
- Ecology, Environment & Conservation
- Article date:
- March 27, 2009
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According to recent research published in the journal Ecology of Freshwater Fish, "The topmouth gudgeon, Pseudorasbora parva, has been described as Europe's most invasive fish. To control their UK invasion, some lentic populations at risk of causing fluvial dispersal have been eradicated."
"The first of these operations was from a lake in north-west UK in March 2005 using rotenone application; prior to eradication, their mean density was estimated as 6.1 m(-2) whereas since eradication, no P. parva have been recorded. Prior to rotenone application, the majority of native fishes were removed, held off-site and reintroduced following degradation of rotenone to safe ...