Metrics derived from fish assemblages as indicators of environmental degradation in Cerrado streams

ABSTRACT The development of effective monitoring tools depends on finding sensitive metrics that are capable of detecting the most important environmental impacts at a given region. We assessed if metrics derived from stream fish assemblages reflect physical habitat degradation and changes in land c...

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Main Authors: Milton P. Ávila, Rafaela Neves Carvalho, Lilian Casatti, Juliana Simião-Ferreira, Lorrane Faria de Morais, Fabrício B. Teresa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2018-04-01
Series:Zoologia (Curitiba)
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702018000100303&lng=en&tlng=en