Early dry-season community structure and habitat use of young fish in tributaries of the river sinnamary (French Guiana, South America) before and after hydrodam operation

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 235-256

  Ponton, Dominique ^a   Copp, Gordon H ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flooded areas; Hydroelectric dams; Juvenile fish; Neotropics; Petit Saut; River reservoirs; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FISH JUVENILE; HABITAT USE; HYDROELECTRIC DAM; RESERVOIR;

FRENCH GUIANA, SINNAMARY RIVER;

EID: 0030864392     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007301510288     Document Type: Article

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