Rotifers of the upper Paraná River floodplain: additions to the checklist

Rotifers present a high diversity in freshwater ecosystems. This study registered 11 genera and 42 species, new records for the Upper Paraná River floodplain. These results showed an increase in rotifer diversity in this ecosystem from 184 to 230 species. Among them some were registered only in the...

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Main Authors: M. Jr Serafim, C. C. Bonecker, D. C. Rossa, F. A. Lansac-Tôha, C. L. Costa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia
Series:Brazilian Journal of Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842003000200005&lng=en&tlng=en