Using oligochaeta assemblages as an indicator of environmental changes
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Using oligochaeta assemblages as an indicator of environmental changes.
We designed a field survey (the entire river length; not dammed: First and Second plateaus; dammed: Third Plateau) to test the hypothesis that the cascade of reservoirs promoted a reduction in species richness and changed the composition of Oligochaeta assemblage along the Iguaçu River. Changes in environmental variables and in richness and composition of Oligochaeta were summarized by Canonic ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Brazilian Journal of Biology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1519-6984
DOI: 10.1590/s1519-69842012000500014