An assessment of fish species assemblages in rice fields in West Bengal, India: Implications for management

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 535-539

  Aditya, G ^a,b   Pal, S ^a   Saha, G K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURDWAN   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BADIS BADIS; COLISA FASCIATA; CYPRINIDAE; HETEROPNEUSTES FOSSILIS; MYSTUS VITTATUS; PISCES;

EID: 77955132928     PISSN: 01758659     EISSN: 14390426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2010.01460.x     Document Type: Article

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