Wetland ecotones as refugia for endangered fishes

Biological Conservation

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 263-270

  Chapman, Lauren J ^a   Chapman, Colin A ^a   Chandler, Mark ^b  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b Edgerton Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

East Africa; haplochromine cichlids; hypoxia; Lake Victoria Basin; Nile perch; wetlands

Indexed keywords

ECOTONE; ENDANGERED FISH; NILE PERCH; REFUGIA; WETLAND;

UGANDA, LAKE NABUGABO;

LATES NILOTICUS; PISCES;

EID: 0030302879     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(96)00030-4     Document Type: Article

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