Effects of small dams on the benthic community of streams in an atlantic forest area of southeastern brazil

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 179-193

  Almeida, Erick Frota ^a,b   Oliveira, Renata Bley ^a,b   Mugnai, Riccardo ^a   Nessimian, Jorge Luiz ^b   Baptista, Darcílio Fernandes ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dam; Macroinvertebrates; River connectivity

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC FOREST; BENTHIC COMMUNITIES; BIOLOGICAL RESERVES; DRY SEASONS; MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY; MACROINVERTEBRATES; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; SMALL DAMS; SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL; WATER ABSTRACTION;

DAMS; DROUGHT;

RIVERS;

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONNECTIVITY; DAM CONSTRUCTION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PROTECTED AREA; RIVER WATER; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 67549114436     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: 15222632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200811113     Document Type: Article

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