Environmental and spatial processes: what controls the functional structure of fish assemblages in tropical rivers and headwater streams?

RA Carvalho, FL Tejerina‐Garro - Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, we investigated functional structure patterns of tropical headwater and river fish
assemblages. We hypothesised that environmental conditions are primarily structuring …

The influence of environmental variables on the functional structure of headwater stream fish assemblages: a study of two tropical basins in Central Brazil

RA Carvalho, FL Tejerina-Garro - Neotropical Ichthyology, 2015 - SciELO Brasil
We investigated functional patterns of fish assemblages of two adjacent basins (Araguaia
and Tocantins) to test whether their headwater stream fish assemblages are more …

Relationships between taxonomic and functional components of diversity: implications for conservation of tropical freshwater fishes

RA de Carvalho, FL Tejerina‐Garro - Freshwater Biology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the relationships between different components of diversity is needed to
improve conservation strategies for freshwater habitats. Here, we studied relationships …

Influence of habitat and land use on the assemblages of Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera in neotropical streams

PHM Amaral, LS Silveira, BFJV Rosa… - Journal of Insect …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Insects of the orders Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera (EPT) are often used to
assess the conditions of aquatic environments, but few studies have examined the …

Distribuição espacial das guildas tróficas e estruturação da comunidade de Ephemeroptera (Insecta) em córregos do Cerrado de Mato Grosso, Brasil

Y Shimano, FF Salles, LRR Faria… - Iheringia. Série …, 2012 - SciELO Brasil
Analisamos a estrutura dos grupos funcionais alimentares de Ephemeroptera em cinco
tipos de substratos (folhiço em corredeira, folhiço em remanso, madeira, pedras e raízes) de …

Feeding ecology of Moenkhausia collettii (Steindachner, 1882) (Characiformes: Characidae) in streams in the eastern Amazon: Environmental factors and body size

HKS Barros, TAP Barbosa… - Journal of Fish Biology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The present study aimed to characterize the diet of Moenkhausia collettii and investigate
possible changes due to environmental variations and its body size in streams in the eastern …

Richness and distribution of Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera and Trichoptera in Atlantic forest streams

PHM do Amaral, E de Almeida Gonçalves… - Acta Oecologica, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge about the distribution of aquatic insects in different types of
mesohabitats is very important for conservation of benthic macrofauna. This study evaluated …

Glutathione S-transferase activity in Mnesarete aenea (Odonata), Campylocia anceps (Ephemeroptera), and Cylindrostethus palmaris (Hemiptera) from forest and oil …

TP Mendes, LL Amado, L Juen - Ecological Indicators, 2020 - Elsevier
The use of aquatic insects in ecological studies of oil palm plantations provides an effective
evaluation of biodiversity loss caused by changes in habitat. Approaches at the population …

Water quality assessment of a temperate urban lagoon using physico-chemical and biological indicators

D Gianello, E Ávila-Hernández, I Aguer… - SN Applied …, 2019 - Springer
The aim of this work was to assess the water quality of the urban lagoon located in Parque
Unzué (Gualeguaychú, Argentina) using physico-chemical and bacteriological parameters …

[HTML][HTML] Aquatic Oligochaete Communities in Amazonian Streams, Saracá-Taquera National Forest, Pará, Brazil

MS Bevilacqua, MR Marchese, RW Felix, JJF Leal… - Biota …, 2019 - SciELO Brasil
The aim of this study was to analyze aquatic oligochaete distribution in relation to water
column physicochemical variables, structural environmental variation, and predominant …