Environmental flow requirements of fish in Lesotho Rivers using the drift methodology

River Research and Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 641-666

  Arthington, Angela H ^a,b   Rall, Johan L ^c   Kennard, Mark J ^a   Pusey, Bradley J ^b  

^a EWATER COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b Faculty of Environmental Sciences   (Australia)

^c NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Best practice; DRIFT methodology; Environmental flows; Fish; Lesotho

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; FISH; RIVER FLOW;

SOUTH AFRICA;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0242349271     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.728     Document Type: Article

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