Preferences of grass carp for macrophytes in Iberian drainage channels

Journal of Aquatic Plant Management

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 79-83

  Catarino, L F ^a   Ferreira, M T ^b   Moreira, I S ^b  

^a Inst de Investigacao Cientifica T   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ctenopharyngodon idella; Eichhornia crassipes; Myriophyllum aquaticum; Portugal; Preference indexes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031286505     PISSN: 01466623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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