Freshwater dolphin/fisheries interaction in the Central Amazon (Brazil)

Amazoniana

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 165-175

  Silva, Vera M F ^a   Best, Robin C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Boto; Central Amazon; Fisheries; Freshwater dolphins; Incidental capture; Tucuxi

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342462386     PISSN: 00656755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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