Trophic structure of a fish community along environmental gradients of a subtropical river (Paraitinga River, Upper Tietê River Basin, Brazil)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 598, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 373-387

  Esteves, Katharina Eichbaum ^a   Lobo, Ana Valéria Pinto ^b   Faria, Marcos Daniel Renó ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESCA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DE MOGI DAS CRUZES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Food habits; Niche overlap; Riparian vegetation; Upper Tiet

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANTHROPOGENIC MODIFICATIONS; FOOD HABITS; NICHE OVERLAP; RIPARIAN VEGETATION;

FISH;

BIODIVERSITY; ELECTROFISHING; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FISH; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NATURE CONSERVATION; NICHE OVERLAP; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

BRAZIL; PARAITINGA RIVER; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA; TIETE RIVER;

EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 37549003314     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-9172-4     Document Type: Article

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