Diet-shifts and food-dependent survival in Engraulicypris sardella (Cyprinidae) larvae from Lake Malawi, Africa

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 287-301

  Thompson, A B ^a,b   Irvine, Kenneth ^a,c  

^a UK/SADC Pelagic Fish Rsrc A   (Malawi)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; ENGRAULICYPRIS; ENGRAULICYPRIS SARDELLA;

DIET; FISH LARVA; SURVIVAL;

AFRICA, LAKE MALAWI;

EID: 0030618350     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/19.3.287     Document Type: Article

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