Identification of fish nursery areas in a free tributary of an impoundment region, upper Uruguay River, Brazil

This study aims to determine the importance of different environments of the Ligeiro River (upper Uruguay River, Brazil) in fish reproduction. For this purpose, three environments (sampling sites) were selected: rapids, a pool, and the mouth of the Ligeiro River. Ichthyoplankton, zooplankton, and be...

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Main Authors: Patrícia Alves da Silva, David Augusto Reynalte-Tataje, Evoy Zaniboni-Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia 2012-01-01
Series:Neotropical Ichthyology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252012000200018