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Wetlands and Natural Resource Management pp 155–180Cite as

Water Management and Wise Use of Wetlands: Enhancing Productivity

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  • Bighead Carp
  • Small Water Body
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  1. Renewable Resources Assessment Group, Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Imperial College, London, UK

    R. L. Welcomme

  2. The WorldFish Center, Cameroon

    R. E. Brummett

  3. UNESCO-IHE, Institute for Water Education, Delft, The Netherlands

    P. Denny

  4. FAO of the United Nations, Rome, Italy

    M. R. Hasan

  5. PO Box 16080, Kampala, Uganda

    R. C. Kaggwa

  6. Department of Zoology, Egerton University, PO Box 536, Njoro, Kenya

    J. Kipkemboi

  7. Mekong River Commission, Fisheries Programme, PO Box 7035, Vientiane, Lao PDR

    N. S. Mattson

  8. WorldFish Center — Cairo Office, 3 Abou El Feda Street, PO Box 1261, Maadi, Cairo, Egypt

    V. V. Sugunan

  9. National Research Centre on Coldwater Fisheries (ICAR), Bhimtal, Nanital, Uttranchal, India

    K. K. Vass

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Welcomme, R.L. et al. (2006). Water Management and Wise Use of Wetlands: Enhancing Productivity. In: Verhoeven, J.T.A., Beltman, B., Bobbink, R., Whigham, D.F. (eds) Wetlands and Natural Resource Management. Ecological Studies, vol 190. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-33187-2_8

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