Damming Tropical Island Streams: Problems, Solutions, and Alternatives

BioScience

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1069-1078

  March, James G ^a   Benstead, Jonathan P ^b   Pringle, Catherine M ^c   Scatena, Frederick N ^d,e  

^a WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Diadromy; Impoundments; Insular; Lotic

Indexed keywords

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; PISCES;

EID: 0345258519     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2003)053[1069:DTISPS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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