Interbasin water transfer, riverine connectivity, and spatial controls on fish biodiversity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Grant, Evan H Campbell ^a   Lynch, Heather J ^b   Muneepeerakul, Rachata ^c   Arunachalam, Muthukumarasamy ^d   Rodríguez Iturbe, Ignacio ^e   Fagan, William F ^f  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MANONMANIAM SUNDARANAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e Princeton University   (United States)

^f Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FRESHWATER FISH; INDIA; INTERBASIN WATER TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; RIVER; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; RIVERINE CONNECTIVITY; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; ANIMAL; FISH; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER FLOW;

PISCES;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; FISHES; FRESH WATER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RIVERS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84859042550     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034170     Document Type: Article

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