Fish Diversity in the Mekong River Basin

The Mekong: Biophysical Environment of an International River Basin

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 161-196

  Valbo Jørgensen, John ^a   Coates, David ^b   Hortle, Kent ^c  

^a FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^b Convention on Biological Diversity ^*  (Canada)

^c NONE

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EID: 85099487497     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374026-7.00008-5     Document Type: Chapter

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