Does hydrologic regime affect fish diversity? -A case study of the Yangtze Basin (China)

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 569-584

  Huang, Feng ^a   Xia, Ziqiang ^a   Zhang, Nan ^a   Lu, Zhihua ^a  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fish diversity; Hydrologic regime; Yangtze Basin

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CORRELATION; FISH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CHINA; YANGTZE BASIN;

EID: 80355144573     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-011-9880-5     Document Type: Article

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