Diets of abundant fishes from beach seine catches in seagrass beds of a tropical bay (Gazi Bay, Kenya)

Belgian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 135-154

  De Troch, Marleen ^a   Mees, Jan ^a   Wakwabi, Enock ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b KENYA MARINE AND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Feeding ecology; Fish; Kenya; Seagrass beds; Trophic organization

Indexed keywords

DIET; FEDERAL SYSTEM; FISH; SEAGRASS MEADOW;

KENYA;

EID: 0032318902     PISSN: 07776276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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