Migratory benthic fishes may induce regime shifts in a tropical floodplain pond

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1592-1602

  Mormul, Roger P ^a   Thomaz, Sidinei M ^a   Agostinho, Angelo A ^a   Bonecker, Claudia C ^a   Mazzeo, Nestor ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Abrupt shifts; Alternative states; Egeria; Fish migration; Flood pulse

Indexed keywords

EGERIA; PISCES;

EID: 84863580720     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2012.02820.x     Document Type: Article

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