Ecomorphology of a size-structured tropical freshwater fish community

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-86

  Piet, Gerbrand J ^a,b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Cyprinids; Diet; Ecology; Morphology; Ontogeny; Potential niche; Tilapia

Indexed keywords

ECOMORPHOLOGY; FISH COMMUNITY; MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY; SIZE CLASS;

EID: 0031934150     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007338532482     Document Type: Article

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