Persistence and stability of cichlid assemblages in neotropical floodplain lagoons

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 427-437

  Lourenço, Luzia S ^a   Fernandes, Izaias M ^b   Penha, Jerry ^c   Mateus, Lucia A F ^c  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Equilibrium; Temporal variation; Wetland

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; CICHLID; CONDUCTIVITY; FLOODPLAIN; LAGOON; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PH; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; VOLUME; WATER LEVEL; WETLAND;

BRAZIL; CUIABA RIVER; MATO GROSSO;

CICHLIDAE;

EID: 84856238941     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-011-9933-9     Document Type: Article

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