The benthic macroinvertebrate fauna of highland streams in southern Brazil: Composition, diversity and structure

Revista Brasileira de Zoologia

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 294-301

  Buckup, Ludwig ^a   Bueno, Alessandra A P ^a   Bond Buckup, Georgina ^a   Casagrande, Marcelo ^a   Majolo, Fabiane ^a  

^a Instituto de Biociências   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aquatic invertebrates; Community structure; Diversity indices; Rio Grande do Sul

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANNELIDA; CRUSTACEA; EPHEMEROPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; PLATYHELMINTHES; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 34548674470     PISSN: 01018175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0101-81752007000200005     Document Type: Article

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