Effects of the interannual variations in the flood pulse mediated by hypoxia tolerance: The case of the fish assemblages in the upper Paraná River floodplain

Neotropical Ichthyology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 413-424

  Petry, Ana Cristina ^a   Abujanra, Fabiane ^b   Gomes, Luiz Carlos ^c   Julio, Horácio Ferreira ^c   Agostinho, Angelo Antonio ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Limnobios Consultoria em Ambientes   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dissolved oxygen; Duration of floods; Lakes and rivers; Neotropical; Water transparency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880592820     PISSN: 16796225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1679-62252013005000008     Document Type: Article

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