Omnivory and resource - sharing in nutrient - deficient Rio Negro waters: stabilization of biodiversity? Omnivoria e repartição de recursos em águas pobres em nutrientes da Bacia do Rio Negro

Amazonian biodiversity is notorious, this is also valid for the fauna of the mineral-deficient waters of the Rio Negro System. Some 25 years of research on the benthic fauna of Central Amazonian streams resulted in species-rich foodwebs with a high degree of omnivory within dense animal communities....

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Main Author: Ilse Walker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia 2009-09-01
Series:Acta Amazonica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59672009000300017