Salinity and freshwater discharge determine rotifer distribution at the mossoró river estuary (semiarid region of Brazil);Salinidade e descarga de água doce determinam a distribuição de rotíferos no estuário do rio mossoró (região semiárida do brasil)

Brazilian Journal of Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 551-557

  Medeiros, A M A ^a   Barbosa, J E L ^b   Medeiros, P R ^a   Rocha, R M ^c   Silva, L F ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Rotifera; Salinity; Semiarid Brazil; Tropical inverse estuary; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ROTIFERA;

EID: 77956728667     PISSN: 15196984     EISSN: 16784375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-69842010000300011     Document Type: Article

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