Fish life-history tactics in a neotropical river with a highly stochastic hydrological regime: the Sinnamary River, French Guiana, South America

Polskie Archiwum Hydrobiologii

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 201-224

  Ponton, Dominique ^a,b   De Mérona, Bernard ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; FLOW PATTERN; LIFE HISTORY; RIVER;

FRENCH GUIANA;

EID: 0032433765     PISSN: 00323764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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