Analysis of fish communities along a rural-urban gradient in a neotropical stream (Piracicaba River Basin, São Paulo, Brazil)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 641, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 97-114

  Alexandre, Cleber Valim ^a   Esteves, Katharina Eichbaum ^a   de Moura e Mello, Mônica Accaui Marcondes ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESCA   (Brazil)

^b Centro Experimental Central do Instituto Biológico   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Community ecology; Sugar cane plantations; Tropical stream; Urbanization; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; ASTYANAX; CHEMICAL WATER; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES; DRY SEASONS; ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; FISH ASSEMBLAGES; FISH COMMUNITIES; FISH DISTRIBUTIONS; FISH FAUNA; FRESH WATER RESOURCES; INDICATOR SPECIES; INITIAL STAGES; NEOTROPICAL STREAM; POTENTIAL INDICATORS; REDUNDANCY ANALYSIS; RIVER BASINS; SEWAGE DISCHARGES; SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL; SPECIES ABUNDANCE; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DENSITY; SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS; THREE AXES; URBAN AREAS; URBAN IMPACTS; URBAN SITE; URBANIZED AREA;

ECOLOGY; FISH; FORESTRY; HYDRAULICS; MEATS; RIVERS; SEWAGE; SUGAR (SUCROSE); WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES;

SUGAR CANE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; NEOTROPICAL REGION; OMNIVORY; PLANTATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEWAGE; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAMWATER; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY;

BRAZIL; PIRACICABA BASIN; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL];

ASTYANAX ALTIPARANAE; ASTYANAX FASCIATUS; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA; SACCHARUM;

EID: 76349088056     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-0060-y     Document Type: Article

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