Larval feeding behaviour of blind fish Astyanax fasciatus (Characidae), black tetra Gymnocorymbus ternetzi (Characidae) and angel fish Pterophyllum scalare (Cichlidae) fed zooplankton

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 510, Issue , 2003, Pages 207-216

  Sarma, S S S ^a   Amador Lopez Romulo J ^a   Nandini, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cladocerans; Larval feeding; Mouth size; Ornamental fish; Rotifers; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIODIVERSITY; FEEDING; MARINE BIOLOGY;

ZOOPLANKTONS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; LARVA; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; ZOOPLANKTON;

ASTYANAX; ASTYANAX FASCIATUS; BRACHIONUS; BRACHIONUS CALYCIFLORUS; BRACHIONUS PATULUS; CHARACIDAE; CICHLIDAE; CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA PULEX; GYMNOCORYMBUS TERNETZI; MOINA; MOINA MACROCOPA; PTEROPHYLLUM SCALARE; PULEX; ROTIFERA;

EID: 0347300770     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000008646.82042.7c     Document Type: Article

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