Limnological characterization of wetlands of the floodplain of the Orinoco river (Orinoco, Colombia);Caracterización limnológica de humedales de la planicie de inundación del río Orinoco (Orinoquía, Colombia)

Acta Biologica Colombiana

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 145-156

  Rondón, Carlos Alberto Rivera ^a   Zapata, Angela María ^a   Pérez, Diana ^a   Morales, Yennifer ^a   Ovalle, Hernando ^a   Alvarez, Juan Pablo ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Algae; Aquatic macroinvertebrates; Flooding pulse; Orinoco river; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BOS; COLEOPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; ODONATA;

EID: 79953735859     PISSN: 0120548X     EISSN: 19001649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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