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Geoffrey Fryer
Researcher at Lancaster University
Publications - 98
Citations - 4972
Geoffrey Fryer is an academic researcher from Lancaster University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Branchiura & Cichlid. The author has an hindex of 36, co-authored 98 publications receiving 4865 citations. Previous affiliations of Geoffrey Fryer include Freshwater Biological Association.
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Evolution and adaptive radiation in the Chydoridae (Crustacea: Cladocera): a study in comparative functional morphology and ecology
TL;DR: An account is given of the functional morphology, ecology, habits and - in most cases - feeding mechanisms of representatives of 13 genera of anomopod cladocerans of the family Macrothricidae, which have been adapted to widely differing ways of life and different functions.
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The food of some freshwater cyclopoid copepods and its ecological significance.
TL;DR: Considering the advanced state of the authors' knowledge of the systematics of the freshwater cyclopoid copepods and the fact that many species are abundant in natural waters it is surprising that practically nothing is known of their food and feeding mechanisms.
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The trophic interrelationships and ecology of some littoral communities of lake nyasa with especial reference to the fishes, and a discussion of the evolution of a group of rock-frequenting cichlidae
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Destruction of fisheries in Africa's lakes
C.D.N. Barel,R. Dorit,P. H. Greenwood,Geoffrey Fryer,N. Hughes,Peter B. N. Jackson,H. Kawanabe,R. H. Lowe-McConnell,M. Nagoshi,Anthony J. Ribbink,Ethelwynn Trewavas,Frans Witte,K. Yamaoka +12 more
TL;DR: The introduction of the Nile perch into Lake Malawi has had disastrous consequences Fisheries have been not merely damaged but destroyed Lake Malawiah has the world's most species-rich fish fauna and the prospect of introduction of alien species could mean disaster.