Lost zooplanktivorous cichlid from Lake Victoria reappears with a new trade

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 237-240

  Katunzi, E F B ^a   Zoutendijk, J ^b   Goldschmidt, T ^b   Wanink, J H ^b   Witte, F ^b  

^a TANZANIA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diet shift; Ecological changes; Haplochromis pyrrhocephalus; Molluscs; Nile perch; Prey size

Indexed keywords

CICHLID; DIETARY SHIFT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MOLLUSC; PLANKTIVORY; PREY SELECTION;

TANZANIA;

CICHLIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HAPLOCHROMIS; LATES NILOTICUS; MOLLUSCA; VICTORIA; YSSICHROMIS PYRRHOCEPHALUS;

EID: 0344256648     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1600-0633.2003.00023.x     Document Type: Article

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