The lower paraguay river-floodplain habitats in the context of the fluvial hydrosystem approach

Ecohydrology and Hydrobiology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-66

  Drago, Edmundo C ^a   Wantzen, Karl M ^b,c   Paira, Aldo R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE LIMNOLOGÍA CONICET UNL   (Argentina)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boundaries; Connectivity; Ecotones; Large river; Physical habitat

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; CONNECTIVITY; ECOTONE; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

PARAGUAY RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 65649088982     PISSN: 16423593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10104-009-0004-1     Document Type: Article

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