Macroinvertebrates on Eichhornia crassipes roots in two lakes of the parana river floodplain

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 345, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 185-196

  De Neiff, Alicia Poi ^a   Carignan, Richard ^b  

^a Centro de Ecologia Aplicada del Littoral   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eichhornia crassipes; Floodplain lakes; Hydrological regime; Phytophilous macroinvertebrates

Indexed keywords

DENSITY; FUNCTIONAL FEEDING GROUP; MACROINVERTEBRATE; WATER HYACINTH;

PARANA RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

EICHHORNIA; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; HYACINTHUS; PONTEDERIACEAE;

EID: 0030829415     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1002949528887     Document Type: Article

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