The Prespa barbel, Barbus prespensis, a fish species endemic to the Prespa Lakes (north-western Greece)

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 45, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages 21-32

  Crivelli, Alain J ^a   Malakou, Myrcini ^b   Catsadorakis, George ^b   Rosecchi, Elisabeth ^a  

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^b Society for the Protection of Prespa   (Greece)

Author keywords

conservation; life history; Prespa barbel; taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BARBUS BARBUS; BARBUS PRESPENSIS; DACTYLOGYRUS; MONOGENEA; PLATYHELMINTHES;

ENDEMIC FISH; HOST SPECIFICITY; PRESPA BARBEL;

GREECE, PRESPA LAKES;

EID: 0030321771     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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