Food habits of tilapiine cichlids of the Upper Zambezi River and floodplain during the descending phase of the hydrologic cycle

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 120-128

  Winemiller, K O ^a   Kelso Winemiller, L C ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Habitat; Herbivore; Oreochromis; Tilapia; Zambia

Indexed keywords

CICHLID; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; HERBIVORE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZAMBEZI RIVER;

ALGAE; CICHLIDAE; OREOCHROMIS; OREOCHROMIS ANDERSONII; OREOCHROMIS MACROCHIR; TILAPIA; TILAPIA RENDALLI; TILAPIA RUWETI; TILAPIA SPARRMANII;

EID: 2342541716     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8649.2003.00134.x     Document Type: Article

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