Rapid morphological changes following niche shift in the zooplanktivorous cyprinid Rastrineobola argentea from Lake Victoria

Netherlands Journal of Zoology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 365-372

  Wanink, J H ^a   Witte, F ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Competitive release; Diet change; Gill filaments; Gill rakers; Hypoxia; Lates niloticus; Macrobenthic invertebrates

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DIETARY SHIFT; FISH; MORPHOLOGY; NICHE; RANGE EXPANSION;

AFRICA;

EID: 0034453774     PISSN: 00282960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854200506017     Document Type: Article

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