Publications by authors named "Mariana Perez Rocha"

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  • * The study reviewed literature to see if the terminology used for these rivers is consistent across various research fields and explored how the use of these terms has evolved over time.
  • * The researchers found that existing epithets are often redundant and proposed clear definitions for three terms (non-perennial, intermittent, and ephemeral) to promote a uniform understanding and improve interdisciplinary collaboration.
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Recently, community ecology has emphasized the multi-facetted aspects of biological diversity by linking species traits and the environment. Here, we explored environmental correlates of taxonomically-based and traits-based compositional distances using a comprehensive data set of diatom and macroinvertebrate communities. We also explored the responses of different beta diversity components (i.

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