Environmental variables as predictors of fish community composition in semiarid aquatic systems
Variáveis ambientais como preditoras da assembleia de peixes em sistemas aquáticos semiáridos
Elvio Sergio Figueredo Medeiros; Marcio Joaquim da Silva; Telton Pedro Anselmo Ramos; Robson Tamar Costa Ramos
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Submitted date:
04/10/2023
Accepted date:
12/05/2023
Publication date:
12/29/2023
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