Aquatic plant community composition and distribution along an inundation gradient at two ecologically-distinct sites in the Pantanal region of Brazil

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 575-585

  Fortney, Ronald H ^a   Benedict, Michael ^b   Gottgens, Johan F ^b   Walters, Timothy L ^b   Leady, Brenda S ^b   Rentch, James ^c  

^a West Virginia University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic macrophytes; Brazil; Diversity; Floating vegetation; Floodplain; Pantanal; Richness

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BRAZIL; MATO GROSSO; PANTANAL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CAESALPINIA CILIATA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; EICHHORNIA; EICHHORNIA AZUREA; SALVINIA AURICULATA;

EID: 14644403733     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-005-1763-0     Document Type: Article

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