Ecological monitoring of fish assemblages downstream of a hydroelectric dam in French Guiana (South America)

Regulated Rivers: Research and Management

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 339-351

  De Mérona, Bernard ^a   Albert, Philippe ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b 36 Rue Maurice Tardat ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Fish abundance; Fish assemblages; Fish diversity; Neotropics; River damming

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DAM; FISH; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT;

FRENCH GUIANA;

EID: 0032733085     PISSN: 08869375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1646(199907/08)15:4<339::AID-RRR546>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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