Effects of landscape and riparian condition on a fish index of biotic integrity in a large southeastern Brazil river

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 556, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-83

  Pinto, B C T ^a   Araujo, F G ^a   Hughes, R M ^b  

^a FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish assemblages; Landuse; Pollution; Tropical rivers

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FISHERIES; LAND USE; OCEAN HABITATS; POLLUTION; RIVERS; URBAN PLANNING; VEGETATION;

FISH ASSEMBLAGES; TROPICAL RIVERS; URBAN AREAS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ICHTHYOFAUNA; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; LAND USE; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIPARIAN ZONE;

BRAZIL; RIO PARAIBA DO SUL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 29344437500     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-9009-y     Document Type: Review

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