Trophic ecology and ecomorphology of fish assemblages in coastal lakes of Benin, West Africa

Ecoscience

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 6-23

  Adite, Alphonse ^a,b   Winemiller, Kirk O ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CEPRAEDES   (Benin)

Author keywords

Africa; Diet specialization; Ecological diversification; Feeding guild; Morphology; Multivariate analysis

Indexed keywords

BRYCINUS LONGIPINNIS; CHARACIFORMES; ETHMALOSA FIMBRIATA; GERRES; GERRES MELANOPTERUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PERCIFORMES; PISCES; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FISH ASSEMBLAGE; TROPHIC GUILD;

BENIN, LAKE NOKOUE; BENIN, TOHO-TODOUGBA LAGOON;

EID: 0031422245     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1997.11682371     Document Type: Article

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