Professor George Turner
Professor in Zoology (Aquatic)
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Widespread colonisation of Tanzanian catchments by introduced Oreochromis tilapia fishes: the legacy from decades of deliberate introduction
Shechonge, A., Ngatunga, B. P., Bradbeer, S. J., Day, J. J., Freer, J. J., Ford, A. G., Kihedu, J., Richmond, T., Mzighani, S., Smith, A. M., Sweke, E. A., Tamatamah, R., Tyers, A. M., Turner, G. F. & Genner, M. J., Apr 2019, In: Hydrobiologia. 832, 1, p. 235-253 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Whole genome sequences of Malawi cichlids reveal multiple radiations interconnected by gene flow
Malinsky, M., Svardal, H., Tyers, A., Miska, E. A., Genner, M. J., Turner, G. & Durbin, R., Dec 2018, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 2, p. 1940-1955Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Whole genome resequencing data enables a targeted SNP panel for conservation and aquaculture of Oreochromis cichlid fishes
Ciezarek, A., Ford, A. G. P., Etherington, G. J., Kasozi, N., Malinsky, M., Mehta, T. K., Penso-Dolfin, L., Ngatunga, B. P., Shechonge, A., Tamatamah, R., Haerty, W., Palma, F. D., Genner, M. J. & Turner, G. F., 15 Feb 2022, In: Aquaculture. 548, Part 2, p. 737637 737637.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Variation in habitat preference and population structure among three species of the Lake Malawi cichlid genus Protomelas
Pereyra, R., Taylor, M. I., Turner, G. F. & Rico, C., 1 Sept 2004, In: Molecular Ecology. 13, 9, p. 2691-2697Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Translocations of rocky habitat cichlid fishes to Nkhata Bay, Lake Malawi.
Genner, M. J., Botha, A. & Turner, G. F., 1 Aug 2006, In: Journal of Fish Biology. 69, 2, p. 622-628Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Towards complete and error-free genome assemblies of all vertebrate species
Rhie, A., McCarthy, S. A., Fedrigo, O., Damas, J., Formenti, G., Koren, S., Uliano-Silva, M., Chow, W., Fungtammasan, A., Kim, J., Lee, C., Ko, B. J., Chaisson, M., Gedman, G. L., Cantin, L. J., Thibaud-Nissen, F., Haggerty, L., Bista, I., Smith, M., Haase, B., Mountcastle, J., Winkler, S., Paez, S., Howard, J., Vernes, S. C., Lama, T. M., Grutzner, F., Warren, W. C., Balakrishnan, C. N., Burt, D., George, J. M., Biegler, M. T., Iorns, D., Digby, A., Eason, D., Robertson, B., Edwards, T., Wilkinson, M., Turner, G., Meyer, A., Kautt, A. F., Franchini, P., Detrich, H. W., Svardal, H., Wagner, M., Naylor, G. J. P., Pippel, M., Malinsky, M., Mooney, M., Simbirsky, M., Hannigan, B. T., Pesout, T., Houck, M., Misuraca, A., Kingan, S. B., Hall, R., Kronenberg, Z., Sović, I., Dunn, C., Ning, Z., Hastie, A., Lee, J., Selvaraj, S., Green, R. E., Putnam, N. H., Gut, I., Ghurye, J., Garrison, E., Sims, Y., Collins, J., Pelan, S., Torrance, J., Tracey, A., Wood, J., Dagnew, R. E., Guan, D., London, S. E., Clayton, D. F., Mello, C. V., Friedrich, S. R., Lovell, P. V., Osipova, E., Al-Ajli, F. O., Secomandi, S., Kim, H., Theofanopoulou, C., Hiller, M., Zhou, Y., Harris, R. S., Makova, K. D., Medvedev, P., Hoffman, J., Masterson, P., Clark, K., Martin, F., Howe, K., Flicek, P., Walenz, B. P., Kwak, W., Clawson, H., Diekhans, M., Nassar, L., Paten, B., Kraus, R. H. S., Crawford, A. J., Gilbert, M. T. P., Zhang, G., Venkatesh, B., Murphy, R. W., Koepfli, K.-P., Shapiro, B., Johnson, W. E., Di Palma, F., Marques-Bonet, T., Teeling, E. C., Warnow, T., Graves, J. M., Ryder, O. A., Haussler, D., O’Brien, S. J., Korlach, J., Lewin, H. A., Howe, K., Myers, E. W., Durbin, R., Phillippy, A. M. & Jarvis, E. D., 28 Apr 2021, In: Nature. 592, 7856, p. 737-746 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Timing of population expansions within the Lake Malawi haplochromine cichlid fish radiation
Genner, M. J. & Turner, G. F., 1 Apr 2015, In: Hydrobiologia. 748, 1, p. 121-132Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The nature species in ancient lakes: perspectives from the fishes of Lake Malawi.
Turner, G. F., 1 Aug 2000, In: Advances in Ecological Research. 31, p. 39-60Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The mbuna cichlids of Lake Malawi: a model for rapid speciation and adaptive radiation.
Genner, M. J. & Turner, G. F., 1 Mar 2005, In: Fish and Fisheries. 6, 1, p. 1-34Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The influence of oceanographic fronts and early-life-history traits on connectivity among littoral fish species.
Galarza, J. A., Carreras-Carbonell, J., Macpherson, E., Pascual, M., Roques, S., Turner, G. F. & Rico, C., 3 Feb 2009, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 106, 5, p. 1473-1478Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The genomic basis of cichlid fish adaptation within the deep water ‘twilight zone’ of Lake Malawi
Hahn, C., Genner, M. J., Turner, G. & Joyce, D. A., 29 Aug 2017, In: Evolution Letters.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The genetics of mate preferences in hybrids between two young and sympatric Lake Victoria cichlid species
Svensson, O., Woodhouse, K., van Oosterhout, C., Smith, A., Turner, G. & Seehausen, O., 15 Feb 2017, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 284, 20162332.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The genetic architecture of male colour differences between a sympatric Lake Malawi cichlid species pair.
Barson, N. J., Knight, M. E. & Turner, G. F., 1 Jan 2007, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 20, 1, p. 45-53Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Natural History of the Satellite Lakes of Lake Malawi
Turner, G., Ngatunga, B. P. & Genner, M. J., 2021, 131 p. EcoEvoRxiv.Research output: Other contribution
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Taxonomic investigation of the zooplanktivorous Lake Malawi cichlids Copadichromis mloto (Iles) and C. virginalis (Iles)
Turner, G. F., Crampton, D. A., Rusuwa, B., Hooft van Huysduynen, A. & Svardal, H., Jun 2023, In: Hydrobiologia. 850, 10-11, p. 2165-2175 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Species differences in courtship acoustic signals among five Lake Malawi cichlid species (Pseudotropheus spp.).
Amorim, M. C., Simões, J. M., Fonseca, P. J. & Turner, G. F., 1 Apr 2008, In: Journal of Fish Biology. 72, 6, p. 1355-1368Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Size dependent microhabitat use and intraspecific competition in Cottus gobio.
Davey, A. J., Hawkins, S. J., Turner, G. F. & Doncaster, C. P., 1 Aug 2005, In: Journal of Fish Biology. 67, 2, p. 428-443Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Signal and preference divergence among populations of the non-endemic basal Lake Malawi cichlid fish Astatotilapia calliptera (Perciformes: Cichlidae)
Tyers, A. M. & Turner, G. F., 1 Sept 2013, In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 110, 1, p. 180-188Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Secondary contact during adaptive radiation: a community matrix for Lake Malawi cichlids.
Young, K. A., Whitman, J. M. & Turner, G. F., 1 Apr 2009, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 22, 4, p. 882-889Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Revision of the African cichlid fish genus Ctenochromis (Teleostei, Cichliformes), including a description of the new genus Shuja from Lake Tanganyika and the new species Ctenochromis scatebra from northern Tanzania
Genner, M. J., Hsu, L.-L., Collins, R. A., Smith, A. M., Saxon, A. D., Shechonge, A. H., Ngatunga, B. P. & Turner, G. F., 11 May 2022, In: European Journal of Taxonomy. 819, 1, p. 23-54 32 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Reproductive isolation among deep-water cichlid fishes of Lake Malawi differing in monochromatic male breeding dress
Genner, M. J., Nichols, P., Carvalho, G. R., Robinson, R. L., Shaw, P. W. & Turner, G. F., 1 Feb 2007, In: Molecular Ecology. 16, 3, p. 651-662Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Reproductive biology, mating systems and parental care.
Turner, G. F., Robinson, R. L., Beveridge, M. C. (Editor) & McAndrew B.J., [. V. (Editor), 1 Jan 2000, Tilapias: biology and exploitation. 2000 ed. Springer, p. 32-58Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Reproductive biology and size structure of Lethrinops gossei (Teleostei: Cichlidae) in the demersal trawl fishery of the southeast arm of Lake Malai, Malai
Bulirani, A. E., Kaunda, E. K., Likongwe, J., Turner, G. F. & Weyl, O. F., 2018, In: Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management. 21, 2, p. 152-158 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Repeated colonization and hybridization in Lake Malawi cichlids.
Joyce, D. A., Lunt, D. H., Genner, M. J., Turner, G. F., Bills, R. & Seehausen, O., 8 Feb 2011, In: Current Biology. 21, 3, p. R108-R109Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Relative growth of invasive and indigenous tilapiine cichlid fish in Tanzania
Bradbeer, S., Ngatunga, B., Turner, G. F. & Genner, M., 2 Jul 2020, In: African Journal of Aquatic Science. 45, 3, p. 378-381 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Rare morph Lake Malawi mbuna cichlids benefit from reduced aggression from con- and hetero-specifics
Tyers, A. M., Cooke, G. M. & Turner, G. F., Nov 2021, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 34, 11, p. 1678-1690 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Presence of Acapoeta tanganicae (Actinopterygii: Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae ) within the Lake Rukwa catchment supports historic riverine connectivity with Lake Tanganyika
Genner, M. J., Turner, G. F., Smith, A., Mzighani, S. & Ngatunga, B. P., 31 Mar 2015, In: Acta Ichthyologica Et Piscatoria. 45, 1, p. 109-112Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Population structure on breeding grounds of Lake Malawi's 'twilight zone' cichlid fishes.
Genner, M. J., Nichols, P., Shaw, P. W., Carvalho, G. R., Robinson, R. L. & Turner, G. F., 1 Feb 2010, In: Journal of Biogeography. 37, 2, p. 258-269Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Population genetic evidence for a unique resource of Nile tilapia in Lake Tanganyika, East Africa
Shechonge, A., Ngatunga, B. P., Tamatamah, R., Bradbeer, S. J., Sweke, E., Smith, A., Turner, G. F. & Genner, M. J., Aug 2019, In: Environmental Biology of Fishes. 102, 8, p. 1107-1117 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Polymorphic microsatellite loci for the cardinal fish (Apogon imberbis).
Galarza, J. A., Roques, S., Carreras-Carbonell, J., Macpherson, E., Turner, G. F. & Rico, C., 1 Sept 2007, In: Conservation Genetics. 8, 5, p. 1251-1253Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Peripheral isolate speciation of a Lake Malawi cichlid fish from shallow muddy habitats
Griggs, C. A., Tyers, A. M., Bavin, D., Cooke, G. M., Griggs, C. & Turner, G. F., 16 Mar 2014, In: Evolutionary Biology. 41, 3, p. 439-451Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Pelagic cichlid fishes of Lake Malawi/Nyasa: biology, management and conservation.
Turner, G. F., Robinson, R. L., Ngatunga, B. P., Shaw, P. W., Carvalho, G. R. & Cowx, I. G. (Editor), 1 Jan 2002, Management and Ecology of Lake and Reservoir Fisheries.. 2002 ed. Blackwell, p. 353-367Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Pelagic cichlid fishes of Lake Malawi/Nyasa.
Turner, G. F., Robinson, R. L., Ngatunga, B. P., Shaw, P. W., Carvalho, G. R. & Coleman, R. M. (Editor), 1 Jan 2001, Cichlid Research: State of the Art. 2001 ed. University of Michigan, p. 287-302Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Patterns of genetic differentiation between two co-occuring demersal species: the red mullet (Mullus barbatus) and the striped red mullet (Mullus surmuletus).
Galarza, J. A., Turner, G. F., Macpherson, E. & Rico, C., 1 Sept 2009, In: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 66, 9, p. 1478-1490Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Parallelism of amino acid changes at the RH1 locus affecting spectral sensitivity among deep-water cichlids from Lakes Tanganyika and Malawi.
Sugawara, T., Terai, Y., Imai, H., Turner, G. F., Koblmuller, S., Strumbauer, C., Shichida, Y. & Okada, N., 12 Apr 2005, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 102, 15, p. 5448-5453Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Parallel speciation, despeciation and respeciation: implications for species definition.
Turner, G. F., 1 Sept 2002, In: Fish and Fisheries. 3, 3, p. 225-229Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Parallel life history evolution in mouthbrooding cichlids from the African Great Lakes.
Duponchelle, F., Paradis, E., Ribbink, A. J. & Turner, G. F., 7 Oct 2008, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 105, 40, p. 15475-15480Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Oca2 targeting using CRISPR/Cas9 in the Malawi cichlid Astatotilapia calliptera
Clark, B., Elkin, J., Marconi, A., Turner, G. F., Smith, A. M., Joyce, D., Miska, E. A., Juntti, S. A. & Santos, M. E., Apr 2022, In: Royal Society Open Science. 9, 4, 220077.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Nuclear markers reveal unexpected genetic variation and a Congolese-Nilotic origin of the Lake Victoria cichlid species flock.
Seehausen, O., Koetsier, E., Schneider, M. V., Chapman, L. J., Chapman, C. A., Knight, M. E., Turner, G. F., Van Alphen, J. J. & Bills, R., 22 Jan 2003, In: Proceedings of The Royal Society B - Biological Sciences. 270, 1511, p. 129-137Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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No evidence for parallel sympatric speciation in cichlid species of the genus Pseudotropheus from north-western Lake Malawi.
Rico, C., Bouteillon, P., Van Oppen, M. J., Knight, M. E., Hewitt, G. M. & Turner, G. F., 1 Jan 2003, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 16, 1, p. 37-46Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Nile tilapia invades the Lake Malawi catchment
Shechonge, A. H., Genner, M. J., Connell, E., Shechonge, A., Smith, A., Swanstrom, J., Mzighani, A., Ngatunga, B. P. & Turner, G. F., 12 Nov 2013, In: African Journal of Aquatic Science. 38, Supplement 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Newly discovered cichlid fish biodiversity threatened by hybridization with non-native species
Blackwell, T., Ford, A. G. P., Ciezarek, A. G., Bradbeer, S. J., Gracida Juarez, C. A., Smith, A. M., Ngatunga, B. P., Shechonge, A., Tamatamah, R., Etherington, G., Haerty, W., Di Palma, F., Turner, G. F. & Genner, M. J., Feb 2021, In: Molecular Ecology. 30, 4, p. 895-911 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Molecular phylogeny of Oreochromis (Cichlidae: Oreochromini) reveals mito-nuclear discordance and multiple colonisation of adverse aquatic environments
Day, J. J., Ford, A. G. P., Bullen, T. R., Pang, L., Genner, M. J., Bills, R., Flouri, T., Ngatunga, B. P., Ruber, L., Schliewen, U. K., Seehausen, O., Shechonge, A., Stiassny, M. L. J. & Turner, G., Jul 2019, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 136, p. 215-226Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mismatch between molecular (mtDNA) and morphological classification of Macrobrachium prawns from Southern Nigeria: Cryptic freshwater species and brackish water morphotypes
Jimoh, A. A., Anetekhai, M. A., Cummings, S., Abanikanda, O. T., Turner, G. F., van Oosterhout, C. & Hanfling, B., 1 Oct 2013, In: Aquaculture. 410-411, p. 25-31Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mechanisms of density dependence in stream fish: exploitation competition for food reduces growth of adult European bullheads (Cottus gobio).
Davey, A. J., Turner, G. F., Hawkins, S. J. & Doncaster, C. P., 1 Mar 2006, In: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 63, 3, p. 597-606Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mapping epigenetic divergence in the massive radiation of Lake Malawi cichlid fishes
Vernaz, G., Malinsky, M., Svardal, H., Du, M., Tyers, A. M., Santos, M. E., Durbin, R., Genner, M. J., Turner, G. F. & Miska, E. A., 7 Oct 2021, In: Nature Communications. 12, 1, 5870.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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MHC adaptice divergence between closely related and sympatric african cichlids.
Blais, J., Rico, C., Van Oosterhout, C., Cable, J., Turner, G. F. & Bernatchez, L., 15 Aug 2007, In: PLoS ONE. 2, 8, p. e734Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Losing cichlid fish biodiversity: genetic and morphological homogenization of tilapia following colonization by introduced species
Shechonge, A., Ngatunga, B. P., Tamatamah, R., Bradbeer, S. J., Harrington, J., Ford, A. G. P., Turner, G. F. & Genner, M. J., Oct 2018, In: Conservation Genetics. 19, 5, p. 1199-1209Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Limited hybridization between introduced and Critically Endangered indigenous tilapia fishes in northern Tanzania
Bradbeer, S. J., Harrington, J., Watson, H., Warraich, A., Shechonge, A., Smith, A., Tamatamah, R., Ngatunga, B. P., Turner, G. F. & Genner, M. J., Apr 2019, In: Hydrobiologia. 832, 1, p. 257-268 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Lake of flies, or lake of fish? A trophic model of Lake Malawi.
Darwall, W. R., Allison, E. H., Turner, G. F. & Irvine, K., 1 Feb 2010, In: Ecological Modelling. 221, 4, p. 713-727Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review