Fish diversity in the cascade of reservoirs along the Paranapanema River, southeast Brazil

ABSTRACT The Paranapanema River is a major tributary of the upper Paraná river basin. Eleven hydropower dams regulate its main course, but no study has investigated fish diversity in these impoundments at the basin-scale. The present study investigated spatial patterns of richness, composition, and...

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Main Authors: Fernando Mayer Pelicice, Valter M. Azevedo-Santos, André Luiz Henríques Esguícero, Angelo Antonio Agostinho, Marlene Sofia Arcifa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia 2018-07-01
Series:Neotropical Ichthyology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252018000200213&lng=en&tlng=en