Energy budgets of fish populations in two tributaries of the Parana River, Parana, Brazil

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 159-177

  Penczak, T ^a   Agostinho, A A ^b   Hahn, N S ^b   Fugi, R ^b   Gomes, L C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ecological efficiency; Energy budget; Fish populations; Food consumption; Parana River catchment; Small tributaries

Indexed keywords

ENERGY BUDGET; ICHTHYOFAUNA; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

BRAZIL; PARANA; PARANA RIVER;

EID: 0032901337     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467499000735     Document Type: Article

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