Fish diversity and conservation aspects in an aquatic ecosystem in northeastern India

Zoos' Print Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2308-2315

  Kar, Devashish ^a,b   Nagarathna, A V ^c   Ramachandra, T V ^d   Dey, S C ^e  

^a ASSAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Conservation Forum ^*  (India)

^c JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^e GAUHATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aquatic ecosystem; Assam; Conservation; Fish diversity; Fish yield; Lake sone; Threats

Indexed keywords

CYPRINIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 33745803210     PISSN: 09716378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11609/jott.zpj.1437a.2308-15     Document Type: Article

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