Application of ecohydrology in the Brahmaputra River

Ecohydrology and Hydrobiology

Volumn 2, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 79-87

  Boruah, Sanchita ^a   Biswas, Shyama Prasad ^b  

^a DHSK College   (India)

^b DIBRUGARH UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Fish assemblage; Flood regime; Habitat restoration

Indexed keywords

ECOHYDROLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; ICHTHYOFAUNA; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

INDIA;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; ICHTHYOFAUNA; PISCES;

EID: 0036980616     PISSN: 16423593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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