Spatial and temporal patterns of diversity and distribution of the Upper Jurua River fish community (Brazilian Amazon)

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-35

  Silvano, Renato A M ^a   Do Amaral, Benedito D ^b   Oyakawa, Osvaldo T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Escola de Engenharia   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon freshwater fishes; Curimatids; Fish community structure; Floodplains; Lakes; Species richness

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

HYPOSTOMUS; PIMELODUS;

EID: 0033961854     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007594510110     Document Type: Article

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