Does the management of sandbar openings influence the macroinvertebrate communities in southern Brazil wetlands? A case study at Lagoa do Peixe National Park - Ramsar site

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 71, Issue , 2013, Pages 26-32

  Crippa, Liziane Bertotti ^a   Stenert, Cristina ^a   Maltchik, Leonardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; FLOOD PLAINS; HYDROLOGIC VARIATION; HYDROPERIODS; MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; NATIONAL PARKS; NATURAL WETLAND; RAMSAR SITE; SOUTHERN BRAZIL; WATER SALINITY;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CONSERVATION; FLOODS;

WETLANDS;

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; FLOODPLAIN; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HYDROPERIOD; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NATIONAL PARK; RAMSAR CONVENTION; SALINITY; SANDBAR; SPECIES RICHNESS; WETLAND;

BRAZIL; LAGOA DO PEIXE NATIONAL PARK; RIO GRANDE DO SUL;

EID: 84870207335     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2012.10.009     Document Type: Article

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