Fish assemblages of the Casiquiare River, a corridor and zoogeographical filter for dispersal between the Orinoco and Amazon basins

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1551-1563

  Winemiller, Kirk O ^a   López Fernández, Hernán ^a,e   Taphorn, Donald C ^b   Nico, Leo G ^c   Duque, Aniello Barbarino ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Museo de Ciencias Naturales   (Venezuela)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRÍCOLAS INIA   (Venezuela)

^e DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blackwater; Clearwater; Dispersal barrier; Freshwater fish assemblages; Hydrochemistry; Multivariate analysis; pH; Species dispersal; Venezuela; Vicariance

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISPERSAL; DRAINAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FISH; HABITAT TYPE; HYDROCHEMISTRY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TRIBUTARY; ZOOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION;

AMAZON BASIN; AMAZONAS [VENEZUELA]; CASIQUIARE RIVER; ORINOCO RIVER; RIO NEGRO [SOUTH AMERICA]; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

EID: 49549122226     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.01917.x     Document Type: Article

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