Presence of riparian vegetation increases biotic condition of fish assemblages in two Brazilian reservoirs

Abstract The riparian vegetation in lakes and reservoirs is source of course wood structures such as trunks and branches and is used as sheltering, spawning and foraging habitats for fishes. The reduction of these submerged structures can thus, affect the composition and structure of fish assemblage...

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Main Authors: Fabio Cop Ferreira, Ursulla Pereira Souza, Miguel Petrere Junior2
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Limnologia 2015-09-01
Series:Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2179-975X2015000300289&lng=en&tlng=en