Environmental heterogeneity in wetlands increases alpha and beta diversity of cladocerans (Crustacea, Branchiopoda) at local and regional scale

Abstract: Aim The goal of this study was to investigate the effect of habitat heterogeneity on diversity on a local and regional scale. We tested two hypotheses: (i) the habitat diversity, given by quantity of microhabitat by macrophytes richness, increases the alpha diversity of organisms that liv...

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Main Authors: Francisco Diogo Rocha Sousa, Lourdes Maria Abdu Elmoor-Loureiro, Luciana Mendonça-Galvão, Nadson Ressyé Simões
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Limnologia 2025-02-01
Series:Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2179-975X2025000101201&lng=en&tlng=en