Implications of dam obstruction for global freshwater fish diversity

BioScience

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 539-548

  Liermann, Catherine Reidy ^a   Nilsson, Christer ^a   Robertson, James ^b   Ng, Rebecca Y ^c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^c World Wide Fund for Nature   (United States)

Author keywords

Dams; ecoregions; fish; rivers

Indexed keywords

ALOSA; ALOSINAE; ANGUILLA; LAMPETRA; PETROMYZONTIDAE;

EID: 84862550119     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2012.62.6.5     Document Type: Article

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