Communities of benthic oligochaetes in relation to sediment structure in the upper Parana River, Brazil

Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 52-58

  Montanholi Martins, Maria C ^a   Takeda, Alice M ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Benthic communities; Brazil; Oligochaetes; Parana river; Sediment structure

Indexed keywords

ANNELID WORM; BRAZIL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE;

ANNELIDA; HAPLOTAXIS; HAPLOTAXIS AEDEOCHAETA; LIMNODRILUS HOFFMEISTERI; NARAPA; NARAPA BONETTOI; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); PRISTINA AMERICANA;

EID: 0032846655     PISSN: 01650521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/snfe.34.3.52.8899     Document Type: Article

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