Stability and spatio-temporal structure in fish assemblages of two floodplain lagoons of the lower Orinoco River

Neotropical Ichthyology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 719-736

  González, Nirson ^a,b   Lasso, Carlos ^c,d   Rosales, Judith ^b  

^a FUNDACIÓN LA SALLE DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL EXPERIMENTAL DE GUAYANA   (Venezuela)

^c Museo de Historia Natural La Salle   (Venezuela)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN DE RECURSOS BIOLÓGICOS ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Communities; Freshwater; Neotropical; Seasonality; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

ALBURNUS; APHANOTORULUS AMMOPHILUS; APHYOCHARAX; CHARACIDIUM SP.; CHARACIFORMES; CLUPEIFORMES; EXODON PARADOXUS; GYMNOTIFORMES; HYDROLYCUS ARMATUS; HYPOSTOMUS; LORICARIA; MOENKHAUSIA; OXYDORAS; PERCIFORMES; PISCES; POTAMORHINA ALTAMAZONICA; PROCHILODUS MARIAE; PTERODORAS; RHINOSARDINIA AMAZONICA; ROEBOIDES; SILURIFORMES;

EID: 73649126839     PISSN: 16796225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1679-62252009000400022     Document Type: Article

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