The distribution and habitat preferences of the zebrafish in Bangladesh

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1435-1448

  Spence, R ^a   Fatema, M K ^b   Reichard, M ^a,c   Huq, K A ^d   Wahab, M A ^b   Ahmed, Z F ^b   Smith, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^c INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d KHULNA UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Cyprinidae; Danio rerio; Ecology; Model species

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISH; FLOODPLAIN; HABITAT SELECTION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER COLUMN;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 33750598481     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2006.01206.x     Document Type: Article

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