Diversity and composition of freshwater fishes in river systems of Central Western Ghats, India

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-38

  Bhat, Anuradha ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Estimation; Regional; Species richness; Temporal patterns; Tropical community

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENDEMISM; FAUNISTICS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; ICHTHYOFAUNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

INDIA;

KALI; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0242369983     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026017119070     Document Type: Article

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