Persistence of fish populations in the upper Paraná River: Effects of water regulation by dams

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 191-197

  Gubiani, E A ^a,b   Gomes, L C ^a,b   Agostinho, A A ^a,b   Okada, E K ^b  

^a Department of Biology   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Flood pulse; Floodplain; Persistence

Indexed keywords

PROCHILODUS LINEATUS;

EID: 34248383665     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2007.00211.x     Document Type: Article

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