Distribution of cichlid fishes in the littoral of Lake Bacalar, Yucatan Peninsula

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-43

  Gamboa Pérez, Héctor Carlos ^a   Schmitter Soto, Juan Jacobo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE QUINTANA ROO   (Mexico)

^b EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Abundance; Mexico; Spatial assemblage; Submerged vegetation; Substrate; Use of habitat

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HABITAT SELECTION; SHALLOW WATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

MEXICO;

CICHLIDAE;

EID: 0345369342     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007443408776     Document Type: Article

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