Sustainability of harvested pacú (Colossoma macropomum) populations in the northeastern Bolivian Amazon

Conservation Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1344-1351

  Reinert, Thomas R ^a   Winter, Kimberly A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HYDROLOGY; RIVER SYSTEM; SUSTAINABILITY;

BOLIVIA;

BOS TAURUS; COLOSSOMA; COLOSSOMA MACROPOMUM;

EID: 0036792985     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2002.01078.x     Document Type: Article

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