Availability, diet composition and feeding behaviors of some commercially important palaemonidae prawns in fresh and brackish water of Nigeria

Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-21

  Bello Olusoji, O A ^a   Bankole, M ^b   Sheu, A ^c   Oyekanmi, F B ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^b Federal College of Agriculture   (Nigeria)

^c LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^d Osun State College of Education   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Content; Crustaceans; Diet; Feeder; Frequency; Macrobrachium; Prawns; Relative abundance; Stomach; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLADOCERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DINOFLAGELLATE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD PREFERENCE; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PALAEMONIDAE; ROTIFERA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES HABITAT; STOMACH CONTENT; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BIDDULPHIA; CERATIUM; CLADOCERA; CRUSTACEA; CYANOBACTERIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DINOPHYCEAE; MACROBRACHIUM; MACROBRACHIUM MACROBRACHION; MACROBRACHIUM VOLLENHOVENII; MOINA; PALAEMONIDAE; RHIZOSOLENIA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 33644520578     PISSN: 17273048     EISSN: 18125719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2006.15.21     Document Type: Article

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