Distribution of guppies Poecilia reticulata (Peters, 1860) and Phalloceros caudimaculatus (Hensel, 1868) along a polluted stretch of the Paraíba do Sul River, Brazil

Distribution of guppies Poecilia reticulata (Peters, 1860) and Phalloceros caudimaculatus (Hensel, 1868) along a polluted stretch of the Paraíba do Sul River, Brazil

Cyprinodontiformes fishes (guppies) are widely distributed in Neotropical regions and use deteriorated microhabitats in rivers where few species can occur. This study was carried out in a stretch of the Paraíba do Sul River in bracketing a large urban-industrial complex. The aim was to assess eventu...

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Main Authors: FG. Araújo, MG. Peixoto, BCT. Pinto, TP. Teixeira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia
Series:Brazilian Journal of Biology
Subjects:
pollution
distribution
Cyprinodontiformes
population structure
Paraíba do Sul River
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842009000100005&lng=en&tlng=en

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