Diet seasonality and food overlap among fishes of the upper Orituco stream, northern Venezuela

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 191-197

  Ortaz, Mario ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Characidae; Creagrutus bolivari; Knodus deuterodonoides; Orituco stream; Poecilia reticulata; Poecilidae; Stomach content analysis; Tropical fishes; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DIET; FISH; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; STOMACH; VENEZUELA;

ANIMALS; DIET; FISHES; FRESH WATER; SEASONS; STOMACH; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0035296161     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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