Fish assemblage structure and aquatic pollution in a Brazilian stream: Some limitations of diversity indices and models for environmental impact studies

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 284-290

  Lima Junior, S E ^a   Cardone, I B ^b   Goitein, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Corumbata River; Diversity indices; Richness; Species abundance models

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIVERSITY INDEX; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISH; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

BRAZIL; CORUMBATAI BASIN; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33746996450     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2006.00156.x     Document Type: Article

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