On the significance of wetlands: three decades of aquatic macroinvertebrate monitoring programs in a Neotropical floodplain
A importância de planícies de inundação: três décadas de programa de monitoramento de macroinvertebrados aquáticos em uma planície de inundação Neotropical
Ana Paula dos Santos Bertoncin; Rafael Prandini Tramonte; Gisele Daiane Pinha; Camila Gentilin-Avanci; Marcelo Volta Cortes de Oliveira; Roger Paulo Mormul
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