Structure of fish assemblages in Amazonian rain-forest streams: Effects of habitats and locality

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 2003, Pages 255-262

  Bührnheim, Cristina Motta ^a   Cox Fernandes, Cristina ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; POOL-RIFFLE SEQUENCE; RAINFOREST; STREAM;

AMAZONAS STATE; BRAZIL; URUBU RIVER;

CHARACIDAE; HELOGENEIDAE; LEBIASINIDAE; RIVULINAE (APLOCHEILIDAE);

EID: 0038799698     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2003)003[0255:SOFAIA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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