Role of fish in structuring invertebrates on stromatolites in Cuatro Ciénegas, México

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 563, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 407-420

  Dinger, Eric C ^a,b   Hendrickson, Dean A ^c   Winsborough, Barbara M ^d   Marks, Jane C ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Texas Memorial Museum   (United States)

^d Winsborough Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic invertebrates; Cuatro Ci negas; Fish predation; Food webs; Mexico; Modern stromatolites

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOMASS; COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEMS; FOOD PRODUCTS;

AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES; CUATRO CIÉNEGAS; FISH PREDATION; FOOD WEBS; MEXICO; MODERN STROMATOLITES;

BIODIVERSITY;

ALGAL COMMUNITY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; INVERTEBRATE; METAZOAN; PHANEROZOIC; PRECAMBRIAN; PREDATION; STROMATOLITE;

COAHUILA; CUATRO CIENEGAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

ALGAE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CICHLIDAE; CYPRINODON; GASTROPODA; HERICHTHYS MINCKLEYI; HYDROBIIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; METAZOA; PISCES;

EID: 33646689124     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0040-4     Document Type: Article

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