Life-history of the South American darter, Characidium pterostictum (Crenuchidae): Evidence for small scale spatial variation in a piedmont stream

Neotropical Ichthyology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 591-598

  Becker, Fernando Gertum ^a   De Carvalho, Silene ^a   Hartz, Sandra Maria ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Condition; Fish; Natural disturbance; Reproductive trade off

Indexed keywords

CHARACIDIUM; CRENUCHIDAE;

EID: 58049169840     PISSN: 16796225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1679-62252008000400007     Document Type: Article

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