Fish colonization of artificial reefs in a large Neotropical reservoir: Material type and successional changes

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 251-262

  Santos, Luciano N ^a   García Berthou, Emili ^b   Agostinho, Angelo A ^c   Latini, João D ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Artificial habitats; Brazil; Ecological succession; Experimental reefs; Fishery management; Freshwater reef fishes; Impoundment; Paran ; River; Tropical ecosystems

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTIFICIAL REEF; BIOMASS; CERAMICS; COLONIZATION; CONCRETE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT TYPE; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARENTAL CARE; RESERVOIR; SEASONALITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FISH; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; THEORETICAL MODEL; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; FISHES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

PARANA RIVER;

PISCES;

EID: 79955540130     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1283.1     Document Type: Article

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