Copepod assemblage structure (Crustacea: Copepoda) along a longitudinal environmental gradient in a tropical river-floodplain system, Brazil

Abstract Aim: In this study, we analyzed the structure of the copepod community along a longitudinal axis of the last undammed stretch of the Upper Paraná River floodplain, downstream of Porto Primavera reservoir. We hypothesized that (i) copepod assemblage would show an increase in the abundance of...

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Main Authors: Welinton Sousa Palhiarini, Leilane Talita Fatoreto Schwind, Rodrigo Leite Arrieira, Luiz Felipe Machado Velho, Fábio Amodêo Lansac-Tôha
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=S2179-975X2017000100403&lng=en&tlng=en