Tag: invasive species

Feb 03 2017

Crayfish – the unwanted invasive species in Egypt

Photo credit: Willy Oviedo Pereira (Uruguay) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)     The inserted photos were taken in a fish farm located in Sharkia, Egypt. One of the photos shows the contribution of crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) to the pond harvest while the second photo shows how a specimen of crayfish …

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Aug 16 2014

Crayfish in Egypt from problematic to consumable species – Video

Credit of the video: Innocent Zambou (Cameroon) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website and video channel) The red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii was accidently introduced into Egypt in the early 1990s by a private business. That was not very long before some of the animals found their way to natural waterways. In …

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Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=11531

Sep 06 2012

Predation efficiency of Nile perch, Lates niloticus

This 2-slide information bite addresses the predation efficiency of Nile perch in relation to its characteristics especially its mouth and gapes. The bite touched the case study of the introduction of Nile perch into Lake Victoria and the impacts of the introduction. The predator-prey relationship has been addressed in this bite which is supported by …

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Permanent link to this article: https://fishconsult.org/?p=5506