Holy Ganga and the mighty Amazon

Amazoniana

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 337-348

  Gopal, Brij ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Amazon River; Amazonia; Ganga River; Limnology; Neotropics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040374566     PISSN: 00656755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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