Lotic ecosystems of serra do cipó, southeast brazil: Water quality and a tentative classification based on the benthic macroinvertebrate community

Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 545-552

  Galdean, N ^a   Callisto, M ^b   Barbosa, F ^b  

^a The National Museum of Natural History "Grigore Antipa"   (Romania)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; River classification

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011170078     PISSN: 14634988     EISSN: 15394077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14634980008650691     Document Type: Article

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