Ecology of subterranean fishes: An overview

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 62, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 133-160

  Trajano, Eleonora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ancistrus; Fish movements; Life cycle; Population ecology; Troglobitic fishes

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; HABITAT USE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034758137     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011841913569     Document Type: Review

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