Damsel in distress- The tale of Miss Kerala, Puntius denisonii (Day), an endemic and endangered cyprinid of the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot (South India)

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-74

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

^a St Albert s College   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

^c CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cyprinid; Endangered; Endemic; Puntius denisonii; Western ghats

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; CYPRINID; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FISHERY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WESTERN GHATS;

CYPRINIDAE; PUNTIUS;

EID: 64349095052     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.963     Document Type: Article

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