Ontogeny of scale feeding in the Asian glassfish, Chanda nama (Ambassidae)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 4, 2004, Pages 903-907

  Grubh, Archis R ^a   Winemiller, Kirk O ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; ONTOGENY; WETLAND;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

AMBASSIDAE; CHANDA; CHANDA LALA; CHANDA NAMA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; NAMA; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 11144344965     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CE-02-095R1     Document Type: Article

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