Immediate downstream effects of the petit-saut dam on young neotropical fish in a large tributary of the sinnamary river (French Guiana, South America)

River Research and Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 227-243

  Ponton, Dominique ^a   Vauchel, Philippe ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Fish early life stages; Flooding areas; Neotropics; River damming

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DAM; FISH COMMUNITY; FLOW PATTERN; JUVENILE;

FRENCH GUINEA, SINNAMARY RIVER;

EID: 0031854193     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1646(199805/06)14:3<227::aid-rrr490>3.0.co;2-6     Document Type: Article

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