Relations of physical habitat to fish assemblages in streams of Western Ghats, India

Applied Ecology and Environmental Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Johnson, J A ^a   Arunachalam, M ^b  

^a WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

^b MANONMANIAM SUNDARANAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Fish assemblage; India; Stream habitats; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954157704     PISSN: 15891623     EISSN: 17850037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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