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A review of rotenone use for the control of non‐indigenous fish in Australian fresh waters, and an attempted eradication of the noxious fish, Phalloceros caudimaculatus

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Pages 477-486 | Received 31 Mar 2005, Accepted 24 Mar 2006, Published online: 29 Mar 2010

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