Influence of aquatic macrophyte habitat complexity on invertebrate abundance and richness in tropical lagoons

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 358-367

  Thomaz, Sidinei M ^a   Dibble, Eric D ^b   Evangelista, Luiz R ^a   Higuti, Janet ^a   Bini, Luis M ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Area; Biodiversity; Fractal geometry; Habitat heterogeneity; Small scales

Indexed keywords

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EID: 38149010362     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2007.01898.x     Document Type: Article

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