Fish distribution dynamics in the Aghanashini estuary of Uttara Kannada, west coast of India

Current Science

Volumn 106, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1739-1744

  Bhat, Mahima ^a,b   Nayak, V N ^b   Chandran, M D Subash ^a   Ramachandra, T V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b KARNATAK UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aghanashini estuary; Fish diversity; Freshwater; Osmo regulation; Salinity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903852394     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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