Are the fish of the upper and lower Mekong interconnected?

Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 400-407

  Kang, Bin ^a   Perrett, Lisa ^a   Li, Yungang ^a   He, Daming ^a  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

biodiversity; dam; interconnection; Mekong; migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955561825     PISSN: 02544059     EISSN: 19935005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00343-009-9132-0     Document Type: Article

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