An investigation of the utility of feeding angles among Lake Malawi rock-dwelling cichlids (Teleostei: Cichlidae)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 2006, Pages 289-292

  Stauffer Jr , Jay R ^a   Posner, Isa ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; IMAGE ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CICHLIDAE; LABEOTROPHEUS; LABEOTROPHEUS TREWAVASAE; MELANOCHROMIS AURATUS; METRIACLIMA ZEBRA; PETROTILAPIA; PSEUDOTROPHEUS; PSEUDOTROPHEUS ELONGATUS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 33744800257     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2006)6[289:AIOTUO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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