Assessing of biotic integrity of the fish community in a heavily impacted segment of a tropical river in Brazil

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 489-502

  Teixeira Pinto, Benjamin Carvalho ^a   Araújo, Francisco Gerson ^a  

^a FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Environmental quality; Fish community; Habitats; IBI; Tropical rivers

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547628505     PISSN: 15168913     EISSN: 15168913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-89132007000300015     Document Type: Article

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