Food partitioning within the species-rich benthic fish community of Lake Malawi, East Africa

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1651-1664

  Duponchelle, F ^a,b   Ribbink, A J ^a,c   Msukwa, A ^a   Mafuka, J ^a   Mandere, D ^a,d   Bootsma, H ^a,e  

^a SADC/GEF   (Malawi)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c JLB Smith Institute of Ichthyology   (South Africa)

^d Fisheries Research Unit   (Malawi)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CICHLID; DIET; ICHTHYOFAUNA; STABLE ISOTOPE; STOMACH CONTENT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; LAKE MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

ALGAE; CHAOBORUS EDULIS; CICHLIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 26944473644     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f05-075     Document Type: Article

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