Ecomorphological patterns of the fish assemblage in a tropical floodplain: Effects of trophic, spatial and phylogenetic structures

Neotropical Ichthyology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 569-586

  Oliveira, Edson Fontes ^a,b   Goulart, Erivelto ^a   Breda, Luciani ^a   Minte Vera, Carolina Viviana ^a   de Paiva, Luiz Ricardo Souza ^a   Vismara, Melina Rizzato ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE TECNOLÓGICA FEDERAL DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ecomorphology; Ecomorphotypes; Habitat diversity; Phylogeny; River; Trophic guilds; Upper paran

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958555006     PISSN: 16796225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1679-62252010000300002     Document Type: Article

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