Integrity of fluvial fish communities is subject to environmental gradients in mountain streams, Sierra de Aroa, north Caribbean coast, Venezuela

Neotropical Ichthyology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 319-328

  Rodríguez Olarte, Douglas ^a,b   Amaro, Ahyran ^a,b   Coronel, Jorge ^a,b   Taphorn B , Donald C ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTROCCIDENTAL LISANDRO ALVARADO   (Venezuela)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c Museo de Ciencias Naturales Guanare MCNG

^d UNELLEZ   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Habitat characterization; Index of Biotic Integrity; Multivariate analysis; National Park

Indexed keywords

PISCES;

EID: 33847326396     PISSN: 16796225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1679-62252006000300003     Document Type: Article

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