Reservoir fisheries management in Sri Lanka: Achievements, mistakes and lessons for future

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 83, Issue SPEC. ISS., 1998, Pages 523-530

  Amarasinghe, Upali S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Cichlidae; Co management; Inland fisheries; Introduced species; Reservoirs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344610653     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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