Environmental influences on the distribution of arapaima in Amazon floodplains

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 96, Issue 10-11, 2013, Pages 1257-1267

  Arantes, Caroline C ^a,b,f   Castello, Leandro ^c,d   Cetra, Mauricio ^e   Schilling, Ana ^f  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA AMBIENTAL DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE DESENVOLVIMENTO SUSTENTÁVEL MAMIRAUÁ   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^f DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abundance; Brazil; Connectivity; Conservation; Depth; Osteoglossidae

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DROUGHT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISH; FLOODPLAIN; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LAKE; MOBILITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; WATER COLUMN;

AMAZON RIVER;

OSTEOGLOSSIDAE;

EID: 84884411239     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-011-9917-9     Document Type: Article

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