Ontogenetic diet shifts in Roeboides affinis with morphological comparisons

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 105-110

  Peterson, Christopher C ^a   McIntyre, Peter ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Characidae; Lepidophagy; Morphology; Seasonality; South America; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

DIETARY SHIFT; FISH; MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY;

VENEZUELA;

ROEBOIDES AFFINIS; ROEBOIDES DAYI;

EID: 0031689422     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007487326990     Document Type: Article

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