Seasonal variation in the diets of bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix (Pomatomidae) and striped weakfish, Cynoscion guatucupa (Sciaenidae) in southern Brazil: Implications of food partitioning

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 423-434

  Lucena, Flavia M ^a,b   Vaske Jr , Teodora ^c   Ellis, Jim R ^b   O'Brien, Carl M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diet overlap; Niche breadth; Rio Grande do Sul

Indexed keywords

DIET; NICHE PARTITIONING; RESOURCE USE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STOMACH CONTENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL;

ARTEMISIA LONGINARIS; CYNOSCION GUATUCUPA; ENGRAULIS ANCHOITA; LOLIGO SANPAULENSIS; MULLUS ARGENTINAE; PARALONCHURUS BRASILIENSIS; POMATOMUS SALTATRIX;

EID: 0034105290     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007604424423     Document Type: Article

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