Population responses of two omnivorous fish species to impoundment of a Brazilian tropical river

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 627, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 181-193

  Albrecht, Míriam P ^a   Caramaschi, Érica P ^a   Horn, Michael H ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brycon; Characiformes; Diet; Population structure; Reservoir; Tocantins Araguaia Basin

Indexed keywords

BRYCON; CHARACIFORMES; DIET; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RESERVOIR; TOCANTINS-ARAGUAIA BASIN;

DEFORESTATION; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; FISH; MEATS; NUTRITION;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

ARTHROPOD; DAM; DIET; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FINFISH; IMPOUNDMENT; OMNIVORY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RESERVOIR; RIVER MANAGEMENT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ARAGUAIA BASIN; BRAZIL; GOIAS; SERRA DA MESA; SOUTH AMERICA; TOCANTINS BASIN; TOCANTINS RIVER;

ARTHROPODA; BRYCON; BRYCON FALCATUS; CHARACIFORMES; HETEROPTERA; PISCES;

EID: 63949085907     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-9727-7     Document Type: Article

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