The food and feeding habits of blackspot snapper, Lutjanus fulviflamma (Pisces: Lutjanidae) in shallow waters of Mafia Island, Tanzania

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-58

  Kamukuru, A T ^a   Mgaya, Y D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Diel; Diet; Lutjanus fulviflamma; Mafia Island; Ontogenetic

Indexed keywords

DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; ONTOGENY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; MAFIA ISLAND; PWANI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

BIVALVIA; CEPHALOPODA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LUTJANIDAE; LUTJANUS; LUTJANUS EHRENBERGII; LUTJANUS FULVIFLAMMA; PISCES; POLYCHAETA; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1942470058     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0141-6707.2004.00487.x     Document Type: Article

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