The fish community as an indicator of biotic integrity of the streams in the Sinos River basin, Brazil;A ictiofauna como indicadora da integridade biótica dos arroios da bacia do Rio dos Sinos, Brasil

Brazilian Journal of Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2010, Pages 1195-1205

  Costa, P F ^a   Schulz, U H ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Environmental impact; Fish fauna; IBI; SCAS index; Sinos River

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751492272     PISSN: 15196984     EISSN: 16784375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1519-69842010000600009     Document Type: Article

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