Patterns of species richness and introduced species in native freshwater fish faunas of a mediterranean-type basin: The Guadiana river (Southwest Iberian Peninsula)

River Research and Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 699-707

  Corbacho, Casimiro ^a   Sánchez, Juan Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Channelization; Conservation; Endemic ichthyofauna; Exotic species introduction; Fragmentation; Isolation; River regulation; Stream order

Indexed keywords

CHANNELIZATION; FISH; FLOW REGULATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; SPECIES RICHNESS;

SPAIN;

EID: 0035202872     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rrr.631     Document Type: Article

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