Ostracod (Crustacea) colonization of a native and a non-native macrophyte species of Hydrocharitaceae in the Upper Paraná floodplain (Brazil): An experimental evaluation

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 644, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 185-193

  Mormul, Roger Paulo ^a   Thomaz, Sidinei Magela ^a   Higuti, Janet ^a   Martens, Koen ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Floodplain; Hydrilla verticillata; Invasion; Paran River

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC MACROPHYTES; ASSEMBLAGE COMPOSITION; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; CRUSTACEA; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; FLOOD PLAINS; FLOODPLAIN; FLOODPLAIN LAKES; MACROPHYTES; NATURAL HABITAT; NON-NATIVE; PHYSICAL COMPLEXITY; PLANT SPECIES; SHANNON DIVERSITY;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); RIVERS;

ANIMALS;

ABUNDANCE; COLONIZATION; FLOODPLAIN; MONOCOTYLEDON; OSTRACOD; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BRAZIL; PARANA BASIN; PARANA RIVER;

CRUSTACEA; EGERIA NAJAS; HYDRILLA VERTICILLATA; HYDROCHARITACEAE; OSTRACODA;

EID: 77950021864     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0112-3     Document Type: Article

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