Preliminary observations on the fish populations of the recently-impounded katse reservoir, lesotho

Southern African Journal of Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 7-20

  Tweddle, D ^a   Davies, M T T ^b  

^a JLB Smith Institute of Ichthyology   (South Africa)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Fish populations; Katse reservoir; Lesotho Highlands Water Project; Malibamatso River

Indexed keywords

EID: 21744452075     PISSN: 10183469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10183469.1997.9631397     Document Type: Article

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