The role of a cascade of reservoirs and seasonal variation in the phytoplankton structure in a tropical river

This study aims to analyse the influence of a cascade of reservoirs on the density, richness and functional groups of phytoplankton in the Contas River, a tropical river of Brazil. This river has two dams along its course, forming the Pedra and Funil reservoirs. Samples were collected over three con...

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Main Authors: AN Moura, JS Severiano, NKA Tavares, EW Dantas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia
Series:Brazilian Journal of Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842013000200291&lng=en&tlng=en