Environmental variability drives the spatial and temporal beta diversity of phytoplankton in a tropical reservoir
Variabilidade ambiental direciona a diversidade beta espacial e temporal do fitoplâncton em um reservatório tropical
Anny Kelly Nascimento de Oliveira; Cláudia Alves de Souza; Silvia Moreira dos Santos; Carlos Roberto Alves dos Santos; Jascieli Carla Bortolini
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Submitted date:
15/04/2025
Accepted date:
19/05/2026
Publication date:
20/07/2026
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