Temporal variations in the diet of the damselfish Stegastes nigricans (Lacepede) on a Reunion fringing reef

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-18

  Letourneur, Yves ^a,b   Galzin, René ^c   Harmelin Vivien, Mireille ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

DAMSELFISH; DIET; REEF FISH; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATIONS;

ALGA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIET; ENERGY; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; INTESTINE; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PALATABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STOMACH; SUMMER; WINTER;

REUNION;

STEGASTES NIGRICANS;

EID: 0030701570     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(96)02730-X     Document Type: Article

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