Benthos of a large neotropical river: Spatial patterns and species assemblages in the Lower Paraguay and its floodplains

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 347-374

  De Drago, Inés Ezcurra ^a   Marchese, Mercedes ^a   Wantzen, Karl M ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE LIMNOLOGÍA CONICET UNL   (Argentina)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benthos; Diversity; Floodplain; Functional feeding groups; Limnoperna fortunei; Narapa bonettoi; Neotropical; River

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; INVERTEBRATE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

PARAGUAY RIVER; PARANA RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANNELIDA; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; LIMNOPERNA FORTUNEI; MOLLUSCA; NARAPA BONETTOI; OLIGOCHAETA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); RIPARIA;

EID: 3843121833     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2004/0160-0347     Document Type: Article

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