Structure and dynamic of planktonic ciliate community in a large Neotropical river: the relevance of the pluviosity and tributaries in the biodiversity maintenance

Abstract Aim: We investigated the spatial and temporal patterns of abundance and diversity of planktonic ciliate community, in the last undammed stretch of the Upper Paraná River, Brazil. Methods In order to reach this result, seven field campaigns were performed over two years. Plankton samples we...

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Main Authors: Orlando Pelissari Negreiros, Bianca Trevizan Segovia, Fernando Miranda Lansac-Tôha, Bianca Ramos de Meira, Paulo Roberto Bressan Buosi, Adalgisa Fernanda Cabral, Heloisa Santos Silva, Fábio Amodêo Lansac-Tôha, Luiz Felipe Machado Velho
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=S2179-975X2017000100402&lng=en&tlng=en