The fish fauna of mountain streams in South Korean national parks and its significance to conservation of regional freshwater fish biodiversity

Biological Conservation

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 115-126

  Jang, Min Ho ^a,b   Lucas, Martyn C ^b   Joo, Gea Jae ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; Endemic species; Freshwater fishes; Korea; Mountain streams; National Parks

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ICHTHYOFAUNA; MOUNTAIN STREAM; NATIONAL PARK;

JIRI NATIONAL PARK; SEORAK NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH KOREA;

COREOPERCA; COREOPERCA HERZI; HYPOMESUS; HYPOMESUS NIPPONENSIS; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PISCES; PUNGTUNGIA HERZI; RHYNCHOCYPRIS; RHYNCHOCYPRIS KUMKANGENSIS; SALMONIDAE; ZACCO PLATYPUS; ZACCO TEMMINCKI; ZACCO TEMMINCKII;

EID: 0041423342     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(03)00016-8     Document Type: Article

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