Fish fauna of Chalakudy River, part of Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot, Kerala, India: Patterns of distribution, threats and conservation needs

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 3119-3131

  Raghavan, Rajeev ^a   Prasad, G ^b   Ali, P H Anvar ^b   Pereira, Benno ^a  

^a St Albert s College   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

Author keywords

Biodiversity hotspot; Chalakudy River; Conservation; Distribution; Fish fauna; India; Threats; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; BIODIVERSITY; CATCH STATISTICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CYPRINID; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FINFISH; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MICROHABITAT; PEST SPECIES; RIFFLE; SEA LEVEL; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ASIA; CHALAKUDY RIVER; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

BAGRIDAE; BALITORIDAE; COBITIDAE; CYPRINIDAE; PISCES; SILURIFORMES;

EID: 55149100304     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-007-9293-0     Document Type: Article

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