Patterns in the species diversity and composition of the fish community of the lacanja river, chiapas, Mexico

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 455-468

  Rodiles Hernández, Rocio ^a   Díaz Pardo, Edmundo ^b   Lyons, John ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CONSERVACIÓN DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^c WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MEXICO; MOVEMENT PATTERN; RIVER; SEASONALITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ICHTHYOFAUNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CHIAPAS; LACANJA RIVER; MEXICO;

ASTYANAX; BRYCON GUATEMALENSIS; CICHLASOMA INTERMEDIUM;

EID: 0343067060     PISSN: 02705060     EISSN: 21566941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02705060.1999.9663704     Document Type: Article

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