African Journal of
Plant Science

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Plant Sci.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0824
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJPS
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 809

Full Length Research Paper

Composition and taxonomic similarity of the periphytic algal community in different natural substrates in a neotropical floodplain, Brazil

Stefania Biolo*
  • Stefania Biolo*
  • Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista ?Júlio de Mesquita Filho?, Av. 24-A, 1515, 13506-900, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil.
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Vanessa Majewski Algarte
  • Vanessa Majewski Algarte
  • Departamento de B otânica, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Av. Coronel Francisco Heráclito dos Santos, 210, 81530-000, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
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Liliana Rodrigues
  • Liliana Rodrigues
  • Nupélia, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Av. Colombo, 5790, 87020-900, Maringá, PR, Brazil.
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  •  Received: 27 October 2014
  •  Accepted: 11 December 2014
  •  Published: 31 January 2015

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