Comparative regional assessment of factors impacting freshwater fish biodiversity in Canada

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 624-634

  Chu, Cindy ^a   Minns, Charles K ^a   Mandrak, Nicholas E ^a  

^a GREAT LAKES LABORATORY FOR FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; ICHTHYOFAUNA;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 10844260774     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F03-048     Document Type: Review

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