Structure and functioning of the Paraná River and its floodplain

Download or read book Structure and functioning of the Paraná River and its floodplain written by Angelo Antônio Agostinho and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Physical component; Geology of the Paraná River valley in the vicinity of Porto Rico; Geomorphology of the Paraná River floodplain in the reach between the Paranapanema and Ivaí Rivers; Characteristics and dynamics of the Paraná River channel bedform: an approach to study the inlfuences of the Porto Primavera Dam, sand mining, and channel construction; Flood extension in the Baia-Curutuba-Ivinheima complex of the Paraná River floodplain; Bank erosion downstream Porto Primavera Dam; Eolian dunes in the Upper Paraná River: evidence of aridity during the holocene; Limnology of the Upper Paraná floodplain habitats: patterns of spatio-temporal variations and influence of the water levels; Biotic component; Structure of communities of periphytic algae in the upper Paraná River floodplain; Composition and abundance of the periphytic meiofauna in lentic systems of the Upper Paraná River floodplain; Periphytic biomass in floodplain rivers of Brazil: Pantanal and Upper Paraná River; Phytoplankton composition and biomass in environments of the upper Paraná River floodplain; Zooplankton in the Upper Paraná River floodplain: composition, richness, abundance and relationships with the hydrological level and the connectivity; Spatial and temporal fluctuation of zooplankton body size is isolated lagoons of the upper Paraná River floodplain, Brazil; Influence of the environmental heterogeneity and water level on distribution of zoobenthos in the upper Paraná River floodplain (Baia and Paraná Rivers); Perspectives on exotic bivalves proliferation in the upper Paraná River floodplain; Influence of the decrease of water level on the chironomidae community of the upper Paraná River alluvial plain; Fish assemblages in the upper Paraná River floodplain; Structure of the fish assemblage in biotopes and subsystems of the upper Paraná River floodplain; Reproductive strategies of the fish community of the upper Paraná River floodplain; Fish assemblages of the seasonally isolated lagoons of the upper Paraná River floodplain; Trophic structure of the fish fauna; Estimation of the energy of producers and consumers in the upper Paraná River floodplain; Trophic structure of the fish assemblage in the floodplain of the Upper Paraná River: stable isotopes; Eggs and larvae of fishes in the upper Paraná River floodplain; Estimation of the genetic variability of fishes of the Upper Paraná River floodplain based on enzyme markers; Molecular markers and genetic variability of Hoplias aff. malabaricus populations from the upper Paraná River floodplain; Genetic distances among populations of Leporinus elongatus (Characiformes) and Hemisorubim platyrhynchos (Siluriformes) orginally isolated by the Sete Quedas falls; Cytogenetics as a tool for ecological studies; Parasite fauna of fishes from the upper Paraná River floodplain, Brazil; Survey of the digenean cercarial fauna in the upper Paraná River floodplain: identification of snails as potential intermediated hosts; Bird richness on the islands of the upper Paraná River, Paraná and Mato Grosso do Sul Border, Brazil; Richness and distribution of falconiformes in the Upper Paraná River floodplain, Brazil; Interactions between birds and other organisms in the upper Paraná River floodplain, Brazil; Aquatic macrophytes from the upper Paraná River floodplain: species list and patterns of diversity in large scale; The role of connectivity in structuring aquatic macrophyte assemblages; Riparian vegetation of the upper Paraná River floodplain, Paraná and Mato Grosso do Sul States, Brazil; Molecular polymorphism in populations of Inga spp. (Mimosaceae), Eugenia spp. (Myrtaceae), and Lonchocarpus cultratus (Fabaceae) in Riparian forest of the Upper Paraná River; Human dimension; Known environment: a study of social representation on nature by teenagers from Porto Rico, Paraná State; Demographic studies in the upper Paraná River floodplain; Historical reconstructions of the (Re) occupation of the northwestern Paraná: official versions and experienced situations; Health, environment and social representations in the populations of Porto Rico, Paraná State; Illegible floodplain: environmental education and citizenship.