Diversity and spatial and temporal variation of benthic macroinvertebrates with respect to the trophic state of Lake Figueira in the South of Brazil

Benthic macroinvertebrates are widely used in evaluations of environmental impact and recommended in biomonitoring, but little used in Brazilian lentic environments. One of the main objectives has been to explain and predict the distribution of those species according to environmental characteristic...

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Main Authors: Fernanda Blauth de Lima, Alois Edward Schäfer, Rosane Maria Lanzer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Limnologia 2013-12-01
Series:Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2179-975X2013000400008&lng=en&tlng=en