Habitudes alimentaires de Mormyrops anguilloides (Mormyridae) en milieux lacustre et fluvial d'un bassin ouest-africain

Cybium

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-79

  Kouamélan, Paul E ^a,b   Teugels, Guy G ^a,b   Gourène, Germain ^c   Thys Van Den Audenaerde, Dirk F E ^a,b   Ollevier, Frans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ NANGUI ABROGOUA   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

Feeding habits; Habitat; Man made lake; Mormyridae; Mormyrops anguilloides; Season; Size effect; West Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034737199     PISSN: 03990974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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