Floods increase similarity among aquatic habitats in river-floodplain systems

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 579, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-13

  Thomaz, Sidinei M ^a   Bini, Luis Mauricio ^b   Bozelli, Reinaldo Luiz ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Flood pulse; River floodplain systems

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; WATER LEVELS;

BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES; BIOTIC DATA; FLOOD HOMOGENIZATION; FLOOD PULSE; RIVER FLOODPLAIN SYSTEMS;

FLOODS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUATIC COMMUNITY; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIODIVERSITY; CONNECTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FLOOD; FLOODPLAIN; HABITAT CONSERVATION; RIVER SYSTEM; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER LEVEL;

EID: 33846947207     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0285-y     Document Type: Article

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