Resource partitioning along three niche dimensions in a size-structured tropical fish assemblage

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1241-1254

  Piet, G J ^a,b,c   Pet, J S ^b,c   Guruge, W A H P ^b   Vijverberg, J ^a   Van Densen, W L T ^c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA   (Sri Lanka)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; NICHE PARTITIONING; RESOURCE USE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033331686     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f99-033     Document Type: Article

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