Feeding guild structure of a rocky intertidal fish assemblage in central Chile

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 471-479

  Muñoz, Alejandro A ^a   Ojeda, F Patricio ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Fish assemblages; Guild structure; Intertidal pools; Trophic analysis

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FISH COMMUNITY; GUILD STRUCTURE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITIES; ROCKY SHORE; ROCKY SHORES;

CHILE;

EID: 0030856677     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007305426073     Document Type: Article

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