The inverted trophic cascade in tropical plankton communities: impacts of exotic fish in the Middle Rio Doce lake district, Minas Gerais, Brazil A cascata trófica invertida em comunidades planctônicas tropicais: impactos da introdução de peixes exóticos no distrito de lagos do médio rio Doce, MG

The present study deals with the ecological impacts of the introduction of two alien species of piscivorous fish in several lakes of the Middle Rio Doce lake district in Minas Gerais, Brazil. It was demonstrated that these effects were not restricted only to the fish community. The introduction of t...

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Main Authors: RM. Pinto-Coelho, JF. Bezerra-Neto, F. Miranda, TG. Mota, R. Resck, AM. Santos, PM. Maia-Barbosa, NAST. Mello, MM. Marques, MO. Campos, FAR. Barbosa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia 2008-11-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842008000500010