Is sluice gate management beneficial for spawning migrations? The case of the shark catfish (Helicophagus waandersii) in the Mun River below the Pak Mun Dam, Thailand

River Research and Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-97

  Jutagate, Tuantong ^a   Thapanand, Thanitha ^b   Tabthipwan, Pratak ^b  

^a UBON RATCHATHANI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Mekong tributary; Migration; Reproduction; Sex hormonal profiles; Shark catfish Helicophagus waandersii

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; FECUNDITY; IMMUNOASSAY; NURSERY GROUND; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SPAWNING; SPAWNING POPULATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; MEKONG RIVER; MUN RIVER; NORTHEASTERN REGION; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

CHONDRICHTHYES; HELICOPHAGUS WAANDERSII;

EID: 33846913434     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.945     Document Type: Article

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