The status of Arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus in Britain and Ireland

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 6-19

  Maitland, P S ^a   Winfield, I J ^b   McCarthy, I D ^c   Igoe, F ^d  

^a Fish Conservation Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^d Irish Char Conservation Group   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Conservation; Habitat change; Introductions; Management; Threats

Indexed keywords

SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 34250356918     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2006.00167.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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