Feeding habits and trophic relationships of fishes utilizing an impacted coastal habitat, Singapore

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 520, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 61-71

  Hajisamae, S ^a   Chou, L M ^b   Ibrahim, S ^c  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Diet overlap; Fish diet; Johor Strait; Ontogenetic changes; Singapore; Trophic relationship

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; MICROORGANISMS; TROPICS;

FEEDING HABITS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPETTTION;

BIODIVERSITY;

DIET; DIETARY OVERLAP; FOOD INTAKE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

AMBASSIS; AMBASSIS INTERRUPTUS; ARIUS; CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; ESCUALOSA THORACATA; GERRES; GERRES OYENA; LEIOGNATHUS; LEIOGNATHUS DECORUS; LIZA; LIZA VAIGIENSIS; PISCES; SILLAGO SIHAMA; STOLEPHORUS INDICUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3242890718     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000027727.90956.a9     Document Type: Article

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