Morphological correlates of diet in an assemblage of West African freshwater fishes

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1310-1325

  Hugueny, B ^a   Pouilly, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Convergence; Ecomorphology; Guinea; Intertropical; River

Indexed keywords

DIET; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; ICHTHYOFAUNA; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

GUINEA;

EID: 0033023182     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1999.0962     Document Type: Article

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