Effects of deforestation on fish community structure in Ecuadorian Amazon streams

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2246-2260

  Bojsen, B H ^a   Barriga, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b ESCUELA POLITÉCNICA NACIONAL   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Community structure; Species diversity; Stream fish; Tropical deforestation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEFORESTATION; ICHTHYOFAUNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STREAM;

ECUADOR;

CHARACIFORMES; MARTES PENNANTI;

EID: 0036829639     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2002.00956.x     Document Type: Article

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