Comparison of fish assemblages in two littoral habitats in a Neotropical morichal stream in Venezuela

Morichales are lowland streams in South American savannas with riparian forest dominated by the moriche palm (Mauritia flexuosa). We sampled littoral habitats from ten flooded vegetated patches (dominated by Mauritiella aculeate) and six sand banks in two months of the dry season (Feb-Mar 2005) in a...

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Main Authors: Carmen G. Montaña, Craig A. Layman, Donald C. Taphorn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia
Series:Neotropical Ichthyology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252008000400005&lng=en&tlng=en