Reduced riparian zone width compromises aquatic macroinvertebrate communities in streams of southern Brazil

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 186, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 7063-7074

  Moraes, Aline Bianca ^a   Wilhelm, Andréia Emília ^a   Boelter, Thaíse ^a   Stenert, Cristina ^a   Schulz, Uwe H ^a   Maltchik, Leonardo ^a  

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

Author keywords

Aquatic community; Buffer; Conservation biology; Riparian forest; Substrate

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; SUBSTRATES;

AQUATIC COMMUNITIES; BUFFER; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL FEEDING GROUPS; MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY; RIPARIAN FORESTS; TAXONOMIC COMPOSITION; TROPHIC CONDITIONS;

RIVERS;

AQUATIC COMMUNITY; BUFFER ZONE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RIPARIAN ZONE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPHIC CONDITIONS;

AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EPHEMEROPTERA; LEAF LITTER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PLECOPTERA; RIPARIAN BUFFER WIDTH; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM (RIVER); TRICHOPTERA; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INVERTEBRATE; RIVER;

BRAZIL; RIO GRANDE DO SUL; SINOS RIVER;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INVERTEBRATES; RIVERS;

EID: 84910012819     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-014-3911-6     Document Type: Article

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