Grass-dominated stream sites exhibit low fish species diversity and dominance by guppies: An assessment of two tropical pasture river basins

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 632, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 273-283

  Casatti, Lilian ^a   de Ferreira, Cristiane Paula ^a   Carvalho, Fernando Rogério ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Habitat structure; Non native species; Poecilia reticulata; Riparian vegetation; Simplification

Indexed keywords

HABITAT STRUCTURE; NON-NATIVE SPECIES; POECILIA RETICULATA; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SIMPLIFICATION;

AGRICULTURE; DEBRIS; FISH; LAND USE; MEATS; OCEAN HABITATS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

ECOLOGY;

COHORT ANALYSIS; CYPRINID; DEFORESTATION; DOMINANCE; FISHING; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HOMOGENEITY; LAND USE; MARGINAL BASIN; PASTURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER BASIN; SILT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WOODY DEBRIS;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 70350017990     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-9849-y     Document Type: Article

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