Influence of aquatic plant-specific habitat on an assemblage of small neotropical floodplain fishes

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 381-389

  Dibble, E D ^a   Pelicice, F M ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO TOCANTINS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Distribution; Fish habitat; Fish plant relationship; Habitat structure; Macrophyte; Species richness

Indexed keywords

CABOMBA FURCATA; EICHHORNIA; EICHHORNIA AZUREA; NYMPHAEA; NYMPHAEA AMAZONUM; PISCES;

EID: 77955757934     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2010.00420.x     Document Type: Article

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