Seasonal variation in the composition of fish assemblages in small Amazonian forest streams: Evidence for predictable changes

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 536-548

  EspÍrito Santo, Helder Mateus Viana ^a   Magnusson, William Ernest ^a   Zuanon, Jansen ^a   MendonÇa, Fernanado Pereira ^a   Landeiro, Victor Lemes ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biodiversity assessment; Community ecology; Monitoring programmes; Seasonality; Tropical fish assemblages

Indexed keywords

PISCES;

EID: 60349086912     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2008.02129.x     Document Type: Article

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