Invertebrate assemblages associated with leaf litter in three floodplain wetlands of the ParanÁ river

Wetlands

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 896-906

  de Neiff, Alicia Poi ^a   Galassi, María Eugenia ^a   Franceschini, María Celeste ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Hydrologic connectivity; Leaf decomposition; Riparian wetlands

Indexed keywords

EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 80054048171     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03173617     Document Type: Article

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