Patterns in fish species composition and assemblage structure in the upper Salado river lakes, Pampa Plain, Argentina

Neotropical Ichthyology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 135-144

  Rosso, Juan José ^a   Quirós, Rolando ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Diversity; Dominance; Environmental gradients; Persistence; Regional biogeography

Indexed keywords

CHARACIDAE;

EID: 77953659554     PISSN: 16796225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1679-62252010005000007     Document Type: Article

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