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Life history pattern and feeding habits of the invasive mosquitofish, Gambusia holbrooki, in Lake Pamvotis (NW Greece)

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Author	Gkenas, Christos Oikonomou, Anthi Economou, Andreas Kiosse, Fane Leonardos, Ioannis D.
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	The introduction of non-native species into new environments and their spread over natural areas pose important threats for the conservation of biodiversity and have caused declines or extinctions of native species worldwide (Clavero & Garcia-Berthou, 2005). Most of the alien vertebrates that were introduced for beneficial outcomes and generalized vertebrate predators that were used as biological control agents, have revealed serious negative ecological and/or economic impacts and had unexpected consequences (Simberloff & Stiling, 1996). However, non-native species introductions are not always undesirable because not all introduced species become invasive; also, successful invaders do not constantly have negative ecological and economic impacts (Williamson, 1996; Leprieur et al., 2009). In addition, success in predicting the undesired consequences of non native species is compromised by the fact that many ecosystems increasingly support multiple invasive species (Leprieur et al., 2009). The family Poeciliidae, belonging to the order of Cyprinodontiformes, is a large taxon of bony fish comprised many genera (Gambusia sp. included). Numerous species are included in this genus, which originated from the USA, Mexico, and Cuba (Gandolfi et al., 1991), and are usually known as mosquitofish due to their ability to prey upon larval of the family of Culicidae. The mosquitofish is probably the most widely distributed freshwater fish of the globe (Pyke, Life history pattern and feeding habits of the invasive mosquitofish, Gambusia holbrooki, in Lake Pamvotis (NW Greece)
Starting Page	121
Ending Page	136
Page Count	16
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Volume Number	17
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Language	English
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