Macroinvertebrate communities from 29 streams and rivers of the mountain and the Andean
Patagonian Plateau were analyzed. Samples were collected from six river basins, which …

We review the status of the freshwater fish fauna of Patagonia, an assemblage with 26
native species, comprising fishes of Gondwanan origin, marine dispersants, and oceanic …

The role of grazing as a controlling factor of phytoplankton has an extensive debate in the
literature. In this article, five mechanisms that have been explored as potential controlling …

Fluvial networks transport a substantial fraction of the terrestrial production, contributing to
the global carbon cycle and being shaped by hydrologic, natural and anthropogenic factors …

The crustacean zooplankton of Chilean inland waters has been studied mainly in large
Patagonian lakes, while that plankton in other Chilean water bodies has as yet been …

We studied the phylogenetic diversity of nonmarine picocyanobacteria broadening the
sequence data set with 43 new sequences of the 16S rRNA gene. The sequences were …

Nothofagus native forest in the Southern Andes is being progressively substituted by
forestation with rapid growth of the exotic trees, mainly species of Pinaceae. The effect on …

Andean Patagonian catchments comprise large freshwater networks along a sharp west-to-
east bioclimatic gradient. The Nahuel Huapi National Park (Argentina) includes the …

Introduction of salmonids is a common and widespread practice in rivers and lakes of
Patagonia, but their impacts remain poorly understood. We analyse the effect of exotic …

Eighteen small shallow lakes located in the Northern Patagonian Lake District, in southern
South America, were sampled in 2001 and analysed for the main chemical variables (pH …