Freshwater fish assemblages in Cyprus with emphasis on the effects of dams

Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 165-175

  Zogaris, Stamatis ^a   Chatzinikolaou, Yorgos ^a   Koutsikos, Nicholas ^a   Economou, Alcibiades N ^a   Oikonomou, Elena ^a   Michaelides, Giorgos ^b   Hadjisterikotis, Eleftherios ^c   Beaumont, William R C ^d   Ferreira, And Maria T ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b Cyprus Ministry of the Interior ^*  (Cyprus)

^c MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR   (Cyprus)

^d River Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Fish communities; Freshwater fishes; Native species conservation; Non indigenous species; Reservoirs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867604728     PISSN: 01371592     EISSN: 17341515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3750/AIP2011.42.3.02     Document Type: Article

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