Fish community characteristics of the lower Gambia River floodplains: A study in the last major undisturbed West African river

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 254-271

  Louca, Vasilis ^a   Lindsay, Steve W ^a   Majambere, Silas ^a   Lucas, Martyn C ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dams; Habitat associations; Lateral migration; Tropical rivers; Water impoundments

Indexed keywords

PISCES; TILAPIA; TILAPIA GUINEENSIS;

EID: 58249118819     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2008.02105.x     Document Type: Article

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