The freshwater habitats, fishes, and fisheries of the Orinoco River basin

Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 140-152

  Rodríguez, Marco A ^a   Winemiller, Kirk O ^b   Lewis Jr , William M ^c   Baechle, Donald C Taphorn ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d BioCentro   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Aquatic resources; Conservation; Ecology; Floodplain; Management; Neotropical; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

PISCES;

EID: 34250659760     PISSN: 14634988     EISSN: 15394077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14634980701350686     Document Type: Review

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