Species diversity and abundance of freshwater fishes in irrigation ditches around rice fields

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 107-121

  Katano, Osamu ^a   Hosoya, Kazumi ^a   Iguchi, Kei'Ichiroh ^a   Yamaguchi, Motoyoshi ^a   Aonuma, Yoshimasa ^a   Kitano, Satoshi ^b  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b Shinshu University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agroecosystem; Biodiversity; Diet analysis; Environmental factors; Indicator species; Japan

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGROECOLOGY; DRAINAGE NETWORK; FISH; PADDY FIELD; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

JAPAN;

ALGAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; GNATHOPOGON; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPHYSA CURTA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MISGURNUS; MISGURNUS ANGUILLICAUDATUS; PHOXINUS PHOXINUS; PISCES; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 0038242102     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023678401886     Document Type: Article

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