Modelling the effects of dams on freshwater fish distributions in Hokkaido, Japan

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1511-1524

  Fukushima, Michio ^a   Kameyama, Satoshi ^a   Kaneko, Masami ^b   Nakao, Katsuya ^c   Ashley Steel, E ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Hokkaido Aquaculture Promotion Corporation   (Japan)

^d ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dams; Freshwater fishes; Geographical information system; Habitat fragmentation; Spatial modelling

Indexed keywords

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EID: 34447331400     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2007.01783.x     Document Type: Article

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