Body shape, diet and ontogenetic diet shifts in young fish of the Sinnamary River, French Guiana, South America

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 556-569

  Merigoux S ^a   Ponton, D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b ORSTOM   (French Guiana)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Food regime; French Guiana; Morphology; Neotropical fish; Ontogenetic diet shifts; Young stages

Indexed keywords

BODY SHAPE; DIETARY SHIFT; MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY; PREY SELECTION;

FRENCH GUIANA, SINNAMARY RIVER;

CHARACIFORMES; GYMNOTIFORMES; PERCIFORMES; SILURIFORMES;

EID: 0032031574     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1997.0599     Document Type: Article

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