Endangered ecosystems: a review of the conservation status of tropical Asian rivers

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 248, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 167-191

  Dudgeon, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Asia; conservation; ecosystem; endangered species; floodplain; habitat degradation; pollution; river; river regulation; stream; tropical

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT DEGRADATION; POLLUTION; RIVER REGULATION;

ASIA; CHINA, YANGTZE RIVER; VIETNAM, MEKONG RIVER;

EID: 0027020047     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00006146     Document Type: Article

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