Commensalistic Feeding Relationships of Three Lake Malaŵi Fish Species

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 224-229

  Stauffer, Jay R ^a   Lovullo, Thomas J ^a   Han, Ho Yeon ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMENSALISM; DIET; FEEDING METHOD; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; PREY SIZE SELECTION;

AFRICA, (EAST), LAKE MALAWI;

CLADOCERA; CYRTOCARA MOORI; PROTOMELAS ANNECTENS; TAENIOLETHRINOPS PRAEORBITALIS;

EID: 0030326521     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(1996)125<0224:CFROTL>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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