Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (fish)

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The followings  2 contacts offer information and advice on Hypophthalmichthys molitrix: 1. Chapman, Duanne (Research Fisheries Biologist) Duane Chapman’s research interests include: Invasive carps, especially bighead, silver, grass and black carps, as well as tilapias. He is currently working on: Modelling populations of Asian carps in the United States; habitat selection and behaviour of bighead and silver carps in the Missouri River; Establishing, through stable isotopes and diet analysis, the trophic status of Asian carps and relationship to potential native competitors; Capture methods for Asian carps in rivers; Market development for wild Asian carp fisheries, including animal and human foods; Contaminants, including microcystins as well as directly anthropogenic contaminants in tissues of Asian carps in USA; Affects of bighead and silver carps on plankton in US rivers. He is also currently working with Chinese collaborators to develop a review, in English, of the Chinese literature on bighead and silver carps, as well as working on a tilapia eradication attempt in the Galapagos. Email: dchapman@usgs.gov Address: USGS Columbia Environmental Research Center 4200 New Haven Road Columbia, MO 65201 Phone: 573-876-1866 Fax: 573-876-1904 2. Radke, Robert J (Fish Ecologist) Email: dresden@radke-fishplan.de Address: Kanzelkopfstr. 3 67434 Neustadt/Weinstraße Germany Phone: 06321/482694 Fax: 06321/482918          Results Page: 1