The importance of identifying conservation units: Brown trout and pollan biodiversity in Ireland

Biology and Environment

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 33-41

  Ferguson, A ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COREGONUS AUTUMNALIS; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES; SALMO; SALMO FEROX; SALMO NIGRIPINNIS; SALMO STOMACHICUS; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 11244308047     PISSN: 07917945     EISSN: 2009003X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3318/BIOE.2004.104.3.33     Document Type: Conference Paper

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