Floating litter banks are an ephemeral habitat consisting of branches, twigs, flowers, seeds, and fruits that are trapped on the stream water surface by a variety of retention mechanisms. These heterogeneous materials form a deep layer of dead plant matter that is colonized by a variety of organisms...

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Main Authors: Lucélia Nobre Carvalho, Luana Fidelis, Rafael Arruda, André Galuch, Jansen Zuanon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia 2013-03-01
Series:Neotropical Ichthyology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252013000100085