Diversity and biomass of native macrophytes are negatively related to dominance of an invasive Poaceae in Brazilian sub-tropical streams

Besides exacerbated exploitation, pollution, flow alteration and habitats degradation, freshwater biodiversity is also threatened by biological invasions. This paper addresses how native aquatic macrophyte communities are affected by the non-native species Urochloa arrecta, a current successful inva...

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Main Authors: Luiz Felipe Gonçalves Fernandes, Mariana Carolina Teixeira, Sidinei Magela Thomaz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Limnologia 2013-06-01
Series:Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2179-975X2013000200011&lng=en&tlng=en