Invasive fish species in the largest lakes of Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and England: the collective U.K. experience

• Published in: Hydrobiologia
• Main Authors: Winfield, I.J., Fletcher, J.M., James, J.B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2011
• Subjects: Ecology and Environment; Arctic; Brama; Loch Lomond; Pollan; Arctic charr; Coregonus autumnalis; Esox lucius; Salvelinus alpinus; Gymnocephalus cernuus
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/12917/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/12917/1/N012917PP.pdf; http://www.springerlink.com/content/y016q5k8704u4827/

An invasive species is defined as an alien (or introduced or non-native) species whose establishment and spread threaten ecosystems, habitats or species with harm. Such threats to UK lake fish communities have long been appreciated and this review assembles case histories, including new data, from t...