Improving the productivity of floodplains through fishery management

International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-23

  Welcomme, Robin L ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental flow; Fisheries; Floodplain; Rice fish culture; Stocking; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; PRODUCTIVITY; WETLAND;

EID: 33745041765     PISSN: 0377015X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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