Habitat use and food partitioning of the fishes in a coastal stream of Atlantic Forest, Brazil

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 951-959

  Aranha, J M R ^a   Takeuti, D F ^a   Yoshimura, T M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic Forest; Brazil; Coastal stream; Feeding; Habitat use; Resource partitioning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242359688     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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