Fish fauna in Iberian Mediterranean river basins: Biodiversity, introduced species and damming impacts

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 575-585

  Clavero, Miguel ^a,b   Blanco Garrido, Francisco ^a   Prenda, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodiversity assessment; Fish conservation; Freshwater fish; Iberian Peninsula; River impoundment

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION STATUS; DAM; ICHTHYOFAUNA; INTRODUCED SPECIES; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN BASIN; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 9644254348     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.636     Document Type: Article

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