Fish diversity and species composition in small-scale artificial reefs in Amazonian floodplain lakes: Refugia for rare species?

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 67, Issue , 2014, Pages 165-170

  Yamamoto, Kedma Cristine ^a   Freitas, Carlos Edwar de Carvalho ^a   Zuanon, Jansen ^b   Hurd, Lawrence Edward ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon floodplain lakes; Anavilhanas Archipelago; Fish attractors; Fish species diversity

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; FISHERIES; FLOODS; FORESTRY; REEFS;

AMAZON FLOODPLAIN; ANAVILHANAS ARCHIPELAGO; AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT; FISH SPECIES; HABITAT COMPLEXITY; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

LAKES;

ARTIFICIAL REEF; FISH; FLOODPLAIN; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; LIFE CYCLE; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; OPEN WATER; RARE SPECIES; REFUGIUM; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FISHES; FLOODS; FORESTRY; LAKES;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; ANAVILHANAS ARCHIPELAGO; BRAZIL;

EID: 84899701843     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.03.045     Document Type: Article

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