Threats to imperiled freshwater fauna

Conservation Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1081-1093

  Richter, Brian D ^a   Braun, David P ^a   Mendelson, Michael A ^a   Master, Lawrence L ^a  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EXOTIC SPECIES; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUMAN IMPACT; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; SEDIMENT LOADING;

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EID: 0031404557     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1997.96236.x     Document Type: Article

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