Trophic polymorphism, habitat and diet segregation in Percichthys Trucha (Pisces: Percichthyidae) in the Andes

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 191-214

  Ruzzante, Daniel E ^a,c   Waede, Sandra J ^a   Cussac, Victor E ^b   Macchi, Patricio J ^b   Alonso, Marcelo F ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Competitive divergence; Endemics; Gill raker; Habitat use; Patagonia; Trophic morphology

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; DIET; FEEDING MECHANISM; FISH; POLYMORPHISM;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA;

PERCICHTHYS TRUCHA;

EID: 0031787143     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1998.0245     Document Type: Article

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