Habitat associations of exploited fish species in the Lower Amazon river-floodplain system

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2455-2464

  Martelo, Joana ^a   Lorenzen, Kai ^a   Crossa, Marcelo ^b   Mcgrath, David G ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA AMBIENTAL DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon floodplain; Environmental variables; Fisheries dependent data; Habitat associations

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349126783     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2008.02065.x     Document Type: Article

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