Eutrophication changes community composition and drives nestedness of benthic diatoms from coastal streams

Abstract: Aim We evaluated changes in periphyton biomass and the composition of benthic diatom communities along a gradient of urbanization in 10 coastal streams located on the coastal plain of southernmost Brazil. Methods At each coastal stream, we obtained limnological variables and periphytic m...

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Main Authors: Ana Paula Tavares Costa, Emanuela Castro, Cássia Fernanda Martins da Silva, Fabiana Schneck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Limnologia 2022-06-01
Series:Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2179-975X2022000100712&tlng=en