Guild structure of carnivorous intertidal fishes of the Chilean coast: Implications of ontogenetic dietary shifts

Oecologia

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 563-573

  Muñoz, Alejandro A ^a   Ojeda, F Patricio ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chilean coast; Guilds; Intertidal fishes; Ontogenetic dietary shifts

Indexed keywords

DIETARY SHIFT; FISH; GUILD STRUCTURE; INTERTIDAL ZONE; ONTOGENY;

CHILE;

EID: 2642617788     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050481     Document Type: Article

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