Ecological consequences of hydropower development in Central America: Impacts of small dams and water diversion on neotropical stream fish assemblages

River Research and Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 397-411

  Anderson, Elizabeth P ^a,b   Freeman, Mary C ^c   Pringle, Catherine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Central America; Costa Rica; Fish; Hydropower; Small dams; Streams; Tropical

Indexed keywords

DAM; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FISH; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

PISCES;

EID: 33744465512     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.899     Document Type: Article

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