Small dams also change the benthic macroinvertebrates community in rocky rivers

Abstract Aim: Here we analyzed some basic ecological attributes (richness and density) of the benthic community in a stretch of a rocky river under the influence of a small dam of a meter in height, forming a small reservoir of run-of-river type. Methods Sediment samples were taken with a Petersen...

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Main Authors: Leticia de Mattos, Larissa Dal Molin Kruger, Ana Lucia Suriani Affonso, Gilmar Perbiche-Neves, Sidnei Pressinatte Junior
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Limnologia 2017-11-01
Series:Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2179-975X2017000100315&lng=en&tlng=en