Patterns of diversity and conservation status of freshwater fishes in the tributaries of River Ramganga in the Shiwaliks of the Western Himalaya

Current Science

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 731-736

  Atkore, V M ^a   Sivakumar, K ^b   Johnsingh, A J T ^c  

^a ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (India)

^b WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

^c NATURE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Conservation; Fish diversity; River ecology; Species richness

Indexed keywords

CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; PISCES;

EID: 79953051185     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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