Habitat structural complexity and morphological diversity of fish assemblages in a Neotropical floodplain river

Oecologia

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 284-295

  Willis, S C ^a,b   Winemiller, K O ^a   Lopez Fernandez, H ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecomorphology; Littoral zone; Niche diversification; Orinoco river; Species density

Indexed keywords

ECOMORPHOLOGY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; NICHE PARTITIONING; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FISH; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVER; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VENEZUELA; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FISHES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VENEZUELA; WATER MOVEMENTS;

CINARUCO RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

PISCES;

EID: 12944331185     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1723-z     Document Type: Article

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