Application of an index of biological integrity (IBI) to fish assemblages of the rivers Khan and Kshipra (Madhya Pradesh), India

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 367-383

  Ganasan, V ^a   Hughes, Robert M ^b  

^a Takshshila College   (India)

^b Dynamac   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICHTHYOFAUNA; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY;

INDIA;

EID: 0031655720     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1998.00347.x     Document Type: Article

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