Effect of introduced species and habitat alteration on the occurrence and distribution of euryhaline fishes in fresh- and brackish-water habitats on Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao (South Caribbean)

Contributions to Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-51

  Hulsman, H ^a   Vonk, R ^a   Aliabadian, M ^a   Debrot, A O ^b   Nijman, V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b CARMABI FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^c OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aquatic refugia; Ecological integrity; Fish assemblages; Intermittent rivers; Semi arid islands

Indexed keywords

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS; PISCES; POECILIA RETICULATA; XIPHOPHORUS HELLERII;

EID: 44449144898     PISSN: 13834517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/18759866-07701006     Document Type: Article

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