Hydrological and water chemical factors in the Yichang reach of the Yangtze River pre- and post-impoundment of the Three Gorges Reservoir: Consequences for the Chinese sturgeon Acipenser sinensis spawning population (a perspective)

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 387-393

  Hui, X ^a   Duan, Z H ^b  

^a Institute of Chinese sturgeon Research   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIPENSER SINENSIS; PISCES;

EID: 79953149532     PISSN: 01758659     EISSN: 14390426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2011.01745.x     Document Type: Article

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