Distributional congruence among aquatic plants, invertebrates and fishes within the Río Paraguay Basin, Paraguay

Interciencia

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 199-206

  Chernoff, Barry ^a   Willink, Philip W ^b   Machado Allison, Antonio ^c   Mereles, Maria Fátima ^d   Magalhães, Célio ^e   Barbosa, Francisco Antonio R ^f   Callisto, Marcos ^g  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ASUNCIÓN   (Paraguay)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^g UFMG   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aquatic Plants; Biodiversity; Conservation; Fishes; Freshwater; Invertebrates

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANTS; CHANNELIZATION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS; INVERTEBRATES;

BIODIVERSITY; CATCHMENTS; CONSERVATION; DAMS; ECOSYSTEMS; FISHERIES; OCEAN HABITATS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLLUTION; WATER RESOURCES;

AQUACULTURE;

INVERTEBRATA; PISCES;

EID: 2542615364     PISSN: 03781844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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