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| Carvalho,Lucélia Nobre; Fidelis,Luana; Arruda,Rafael; Galuch,André; Zuanon,Jansen. |
| Floating litter banks are an ephemeral habitat consisting of branches, twigs, flowers, seeds, and fruits that are trapped on the stream water surface by a variety of retention mechanisms. These heterogeneous materials form a deep layer of dead plant matter that is colonized by a variety of organisms, including fish that forage on the aquatic macroinvertebrates found in this unique habitat. In this study, we aimed to characterize which fish species occupy the floating litter banks and their trophic characteristics, as well as determine if fish assemblage composition and species richness can be predicted by the size of the floating litter banks. Fish sampling was conducted in five rivers located in the Amazon basin. Of the 31 floating litter banks sampled... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Ephemeral habitats; Fish assemblages; Insectivores; Lotic systems; Trophic structure. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252013000100085 |
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