Factors regulating diversity and abundance of fish communities in Pantanal lagoons, Brazil

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-50

  Súarez, Yzel Rondon ^a   Júnior, Miguel Petrere ^b   Catella, Agostinho Carlos ^c  

^a UEMS/Unidade de Ivinhema   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Diversity; Floodplain lagoons; Freshwater fish communities; Pantanal

Indexed keywords

LAGOON; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BRAZIL; MATO GROSSO; PANTANAL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 1542289918     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2004.00347.x     Document Type: Article

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