Comparative ecology of eleotrid fishes in Central American coastal streams

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 373-384

  Winemiller, Kirk O ^a   Ponwith, Bonnie J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Costa Rica; Diet; Dormitator; Eleotris; Gobiomorus; Habitat; Migration; Niche overlap; Tortuguero

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; STREAM;

COSTA RICA;

DORMITATOR MACULATUS; ELEOTRIS AMBLYOPSIS; ELEOTRIS PISONIS; GOBIOMORUS DORMITOR;

EID: 0031732143     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007422821071     Document Type: Article

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