Title: The symmetric (2+1)-dimensional Lotka-Volterra equation with self-consistent sources

Abstract: The symmetric (2+1)-dimensional Lotka-Volterra equation with self-consistent sources is constructed and solved by employing the source generation procedure, whose solutions are expressed in terms of pfaffians. As special cases of the pfaffian solutions, different types of explicit solutions are obtained, including dromions, soliton solutions and breather solutions.