Habitat preferences of common native fishes in a tropical river in Southeastern Brazil

We determined in this study the habitat preferences of seven native fish species in a regulated river in Southeastern Brazil. We tested the hypothesis that fishes differ in habitat preference and that they use stretches of the river differing in hydraulic characteristics and substrate type. We surve...

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Main Authors: Marcus Rodrigues da Costa, Tailan Moretti Mattos, Joyce Liz Borges, Francisco Gerson Araújo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia
Series:Neotropical Ichthyology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252013000400871&lng=en&tlng=en