Biodiversity, ecological status and conservation priority of the fish of the River Alaknanda, a parent stream of the River Ganges (India)

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 761-772

  Singh, Deepak ^a   Sharma, Ramesh C ^a  

^a H N B GARHWAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Alaknanda; Biodiversity; Conservation status; Ganges; Garhwal Himalaya; Schizothorax; Tor

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION STATUS; FISH; NATURE CONSERVATION;

INDIA;

EID: 0031768225     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0755(1998110)8:6<761::AID-AQC311>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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