Habitat modification by tropical fishes: Environmental heterogeneity and the variability of interaction strength

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 286-295

  Flecker, Alexander S ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

community structure; detritivory; ecological redundancy; ecosystem engineering; fish; sediment; species interactions; tropics

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES; PROCHILODUS; PROCHILODUS MARIAE;

EID: 0030972481     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468258     Document Type: Article

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