Influence of the macrophyte Eichhornia azurea on fish assemblage of the Upper Paraná River floodplain (Brazil)

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 611-619

  Agostinho, Angelo A ^a   Thomaz, Sidinei M ^a   Gomes, Luiz C ^a   Baltar, Solma L S M A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Conservation; Diversity; Fish; Fish macrophytes relationships; Neotropical region

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FISH; FLOODPLAIN; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HERB; MACROPHYTE; NATURE CONSERVATION; NEOTROPICAL REGION; SIZE STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STOCKING DENSITY;

PARANA RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

EICHHORNIA; EICHHORNIA AZUREA;

EID: 35748965050     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-007-9122-2     Document Type: Article

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