Seasonality in dietary shifts in size-structured freshwater fish assemblages in three reservoirs of Sri Lanka

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 269-282

  Weliange, Wasantha S ^a   Amarasinghe, Upali S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Cichlidae; Cyprinidae; Dietary plasticity; Exotic fish; Feeding ecology; Freshwater fish; Inland waters; Riverine fish; Tropical reservoirs

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DIETARY SHIFT; ICHTHYOFAUNA; RESERVOIR; SEASONALITY; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; WATER LEVEL;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

AMBLYPHARYNGODON; CICHLIDAE; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; ETROPLUS; ETROPLUS SURATENSIS; INVERTEBRATA; OREOCHROMIS; OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; PUNTIUS; PUNTIUS FILAMENTOSUS; TILAPIA; TILAPIA RENDALLI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0344304474     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1027384114802     Document Type: Article

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