Emersion behaviour and foraging ecology of the common chilean clingfish sicyases sanguineus (Pisces: Gobiesocidae)

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 249-261

  Cancino, Juan ^a   Castilla, Juan ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Central Chile; Fish feeding; Inter tidal communities; Syciases sanguineus

Indexed keywords

CLINGFISH; FORAGING; TIDAL ZONE;

CHILE;

GOBIESOCIDAE; SICYASES SANGUINEUS;

EID: 0024189946     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222938800770191     Document Type: Article

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