Temporal patterns of resource partitioning among Cichla species in a Benezuelan blackwater river

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1085-1108

  Jepsen, D B ^a   Winemiller, K O ^a   Taphorn, D C ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Univ Esperimental de Los Llanos E   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Cichla; Competition; Migratory fishes; Orinoco River; Seasonal effects; Semaprochilodus; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

HABITAT USE; HYDROLOGY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTIONS; RESOURCE PARITIONING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAWNING; WATER LEVEL;

VENEZULEA, CINARUCO RIVER;

CICHLA; CICHLA INTERMEDIA; CICHLA ORINOCENSIS; CICHLA TEMENSIS; SEMAPROCHILODUS KNERI;

EID: 0031408272     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1997.0525     Document Type: Article

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