Ecology of Cichla (Cichlidae) in two blackwater rivers of Southern Venezuela

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 4, 1997, Pages 690-696

  Winemiller, Kirk O ^a   Taphorn, Donald C ^b   Barbarino Duque, Aniello ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Prog Postgraduado Manejo RNR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; HABITAT PARTIONING; PEACOCK CICHLID; PREY SELECTION; REPRODUCTION;

RIO CINARUCO; RIO PASIMONI; VENEZUELA;

ANIMALIA; APUS APUS; CHARACIFORMES; CICHLA; CICHLA INTEMEDIA; CICHLA OCELLARIS; CICHLA ORINOCENSIS; CICHLA TEMENSIS; CICHLIDAE; LORICARIIDAE; PISCES; SILURIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031467729     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447287     Document Type: Article

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