Effects of structural heterogeneity provided by the floating macrophyte Eichhornia azurea on the predation efficiency and habitat use of the small Neotropical fish Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 624, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 161-170

  Padial, André Andrian ^a   Thomaz, Sidinei Magela ^b   Agostinho, Angelo Antonio ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Eichhornia azurea; Macroinvertebrates; Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae; Structural heterogeneity; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

FISH;

EICHHORNIA AZUREA; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MOENKHAUSIA SANCTAEFILOMENAE; STRUCTURAL HETEROGENEITY; TROPHIC INTERACTIONS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

HABITAT USE; HERB; HETEROGENEITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MACROPHYTE; PREDATION; ROOT SYSTEM; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TELEOST; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS SP.; CYPRICERCUS; EICHHORNIA; EICHHORNIA AZUREA; MOENKHAUSIA SANCTAEFILOMENAE;

EID: 60449119239     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9690-8     Document Type: Article

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