River inter linking in India: Status, issues, prospects and implications on aquatic ecosystems and freshwater fish diversity

Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 463-479

  Lakra, W S ^a,b   Sarkar, U K ^a   Dubey, V K ^a   Sani, R ^a   Pandey, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF FISH GENETIC RESOURCES   (India)

^b CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES EDUCATION   (India)

Author keywords

Aquatic biodiversity; Conservation; Fish; Implication; India; River basins; River linking

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; RIVER BASIN; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER DEMAND;

BETWA RIVER; INDIA; MADHYA PRADESH; UTTAR PRADESH;

PISCES;

EID: 79961021618     PISSN: 09603166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11160-011-9199-5     Document Type: Review

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