Leaf litter addition experiments in riparian ponds with different connectivity to a Cerrado stream in Mato Grosso, Brazil

Amazoniana

Volumn 18, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 387-396

  Wantzen, Karl Matthias ^a   da Rosa, Fábio Ricardo ^b   Neves, Cláudio de Oliveira ^b   Nunes da Cunha, Cátia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerrado; Connectivity; Leaf litter; Pond; Riparian zone; Stream

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; COLONIZATION; HABITAT USE; INVERTEBRATE; POND; POPULATION DENSITY;

BRAZIL; MATO GROSSO; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; CHIRONOMIDAE; COLLEMBOLA; EPHEMEROPTERA; HARPACTICOIDA; INVERTEBRATA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 33645800793     PISSN: 00656755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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