Effects of physical habitat degradation on the stream fish assemblage structure in a pasture region

Environmental Management

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 974-982

  Casatti, Lilian ^a   Langeani, Francisco ^a   Ferreira, Cristiane P ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ABC plots; Diversity; Monitoring; Stream fishes; Upper Rio Paran

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CONDITION MONITORING; DEGRADATION; OCEAN HABITATS; SEWAGE; STREAM FLOW; WATER POLLUTION;

ABC PLOTS; FISH ASSEMBLAGE STRUCTURE; STREAM FISHES; UPPER RIO PARANA;

BIODIVERSITY;

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; DEGRADATION; FISH; HABITAT QUALITY; ICHTHYOFAUNA; POPULATION STRUCTURE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; DEGRADATION; DOMESTIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH SCHOOL; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PASTURE; SEWAGE; SOIL POLLUTION; STREAM (RIVER); WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; BRAZIL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTION;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

PISCES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 33751226001     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-005-0212-4     Document Type: Article

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