Experimental Assessment of the Effects of Environmental Factors and Longitudinal Position on Alpha and Beta Diversities of Aquatic Insects in a Neotropical Stream

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 157-167

  Hepp, Luiz U ^a,b   Landeiro, Victor L ^c   Melo, Adriano S ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTMENT OF FOOD ENGINEERING   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ephemeroptera; Partial redundancy analysis; Plecoptera; Substrate heterogeneity; Trichoptera

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HETEROGENEITY; INSECT; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; NEOTROPICAL REGION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAMWATER; SUBSTRATE;

EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 84860320981     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: 15222632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.201111405     Document Type: Article

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