The immediate and long-term effects of water drawdown on macrophyte assemblages in a large subtropical reservoir

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2641-2651

  Boschilia, Solana Meneghel ^a   De Oliveira, Edson Fontes ^b   Schwarzbold, Albano ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSIDADE TECNOLÓGICA FEDERAL DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Co occurrence patterns; Drawdown disturbance; Itaipu Reservoir; Spatiotemporal dynamics; Species composition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867911436     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12035     Document Type: Article

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