Periphytic community structure of Ostracoda (Crustacea) in the river-floodplain system of the Upper Paraná River

Abstract Aim: We assessed the effect of environmental factors on the structure of periphytic ostracods communities along the river-floodplain system of the Upper Paraná River. We predict that the higher distance from Porto Primavera dam downstream would lead to higher diversity and density of the os...

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Main Authors: Janet Higuti, Eliezer de Oliveira da Conceição, Ramiro de Campos, Vitor Góis Ferreira, Jonathan da Rosa, Márian Bozzo de Oliveira Pinto, Koen Martens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Limnologia 2017-12-01
Series:Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2179-975X2017000100421&lng=en&tlng=en