Are tropical streams really different?

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 397-403

  Boyero, Luz ^a,b   Ramírez, Alonso ^c   Dudgeon, David ^d   Pearson, Richard G ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STREAM; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 67650917488     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/08-146.1     Document Type: Article

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