Dietary segregation among large catfishes of the Apure and Arauca Rivers, Venezuela

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 410-427

  Barbarino Duque, A ^a   Winemiller, K O ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRÍCOLAS INIA   (Venezuela)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageneiosus brevifilis; Brachyplatystoma spp.; Goslinia platynema; Phractocephalus hemioliopterus; Pinirampus pirinampu; Pseudoplatystoma spp.

Indexed keywords

DIET; DIETARY OVERLAP; PISCIVORE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SIZE STRUCTURE;

APURE RIVER; ARAUCA RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

AGENEIOSUS; BRACHYPLATYSTOMA; CATFISH; CHARACIFORMES; GYMNOTIFORMES; NOTOPTERIDAE; PHRACTOCEPHALUS HEMIOLIOPTERUS; PSEUDOPLATYSTOMA; PSEUDOPLATYSTOMA FASCIATUM; SILURIFORMES;

EID: 2342569648     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8649.2003.00163.x     Document Type: Article

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