Conservation importance of semi-arid streams in north-eastern Brazil: Implications of hydrological disturbance and species diversity

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 665-677

  Maltchik, Leonardo ^a   Medeiros, E S F ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Drought; Fish; Flood; Intermittent flow regime; Macroinvertebrate; Macrophyte; Management; Periphyton

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FLOODING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; RIVER WATER; SEMIARID REGION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STREAMWATER; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER FLOW;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33751350909     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.805     Document Type: Article

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