Some environmental impacts of hydroelectric projects on fish in canada

Impact Assessment

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 285-308

  Zhong, Yiguang ^a   Power, Geoff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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EID: 84871814541     PISSN: 07349165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07349165.1996.9725905     Document Type: Article

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