Fish community patterns of lagoons and associated tributaries in the Ecuadorian Amazon

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 4, 1996, Pages 875-894

  Galacatos, Katerina ^a   Stewart, Donald J ^a   Ibarra, Myriam ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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CHARACIFORMES;

EID: 0030482180     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447650     Document Type: Article

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